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[fried]

this is the only time i will spell her name the whole way

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[fried]

[ normally he'd just be like UHH ARE YOU OKAY but he has a general idea of what she's like to not bother asking why she isn't upset, ]

Nothing is with me. I've just woken up and you've dropped a dead body in my lap.

[sarkazm]

I could do that for real, next time.

[trust her. it can always get worse.]

Think these are about done, you want any?

[fried]

I'd prefer you don't.

[ GAZES. a beat. ]

Yes, alright. [ OKAY? SURE WE CAN JUST HAVE POTATOES ]

I would've expected you to be a little more annoyed about this.

[sarkazm]

What for? I get the room to myself, and I don't have to listen to her.

[dishing up some salted, fried hashbrowns...

after a second she considers, then sprinkles chili powder on jiaoqiu's.]

[fried]

[ oh, thanks, the chili powder is nice of her... delicious. ]

No, not about her. [ he figured she could give a shit about charlie, it's more: ] More the idea that it's possible to die a second time.

[sarkazm]

I'm not thrilled about it, no, but it's not like I was that close to biting the dust before. I know how to keep myself alive.

[taking a bite, talking mid mouthful-]

I just got unlucky!

[fried]

[ he's not particularly starving, but he does pick at the potatoes. ]

You don't think it's strange? We - ah, never mind. [ vaguely annoyed, as he tries to pick himself up off the floor. ] ... I don't understand what happened. She was fine.

[sarkazm]

Of course it's strange! But obviously, they're not telling us shit yet, since they're useless until they figure it out.

[wdym they didn't KNOW.]

[fried]

Emergency protocol means that they must have anticipated something like this happening. You don't write a protocol unless you think there's a chance.

... They'll need to report to their superiors, I imagine.

[sarkazm]

So, God? They better know, if they're in charge of this place.

[fried]

You'd be surprised how little a leader can know. Or maybe you wouldn't be.

[sarkazm]

Oh, not at all. But there's a difference between a leader and a god, isn't there?

[fried]

[ wrinkles his nose. ]

A god is nothing more than a politician elected to a very high position.

[sarkazm]

Really? Sounds like you're familiar with them.

[fried]

I've never personally met one, but I don't care much for any of the Aeons. [ like lan, he guesses is fine, but he believes in feixiao more than he believes in the hunt. ]

[sarkazm]

What are they even supposed to be like?

[she can't say she's heard of meeting one.]

[fried]

Unknowable. THEY construct reality, erase stars, and leave THEIR marks on countless worlds, and yet - the only thing any of us ever feel from THEM is the knowledge that you could fall straight onto THEIR path and never leave it.

[ obligatory he's not yelling in the middle of his sentence HSR just all caps the aeon pronouns for some reason ]

[sarkazm]

...yeah, no, I think I'd pass if I came from there.

[that sounds like something she'd rather not encounter.]

[fried]

Haha. It doesn't seem like something you'd enjoy, no. Though if you were a path, it'd be Destruction.

[sarkazm]

Sure sounds like me! No argument there.

[she does love to destroy...]

[fried]

[ munches on a potato. ]

I'm sure I don't need to tell you people are going to be frustrated that you don't care about what happened today.

[sarkazm]

It's one person we've barely known a week. They can make a big deal out of it if they want.

[her tail flicks, at that. of course they're going to be frustrated.]

[fried]

I don't blame you for not caring, to clarify.

[sarkazm]

I'd hope not.

[he's MET her.]

But if they're hoping for anything different from me, they're out of luck.

[fried]

They will. I'll be sure to tell them it isn't worth the fight.

[ this sounds sarcastic but like, he means it more in a supportive way. ]