[ But not immediately. There's a long period of silence on the line: ambient pops and crackles of a mic too low, the occasional beep of a heart monitor or the footsteps of a patrol. Long enough where you'd think he'd just hang up. The entire thing's a mess. ]
...Don't like mine either. Three more days an' I'll get by with no one noticing. Not the same reasons, but celebrating on a day I find worthless is just... Why care about something worthless, right? Not the point. I know it was Wonderland, or that- Raven Queen getting in your head, making it worse, but...
[ Breathe in. Breathe out. No more second-guessing. And the voice is an unmoving lake, all calm certainty with no disruptions. ]
I couldn't speak last time. So I'll say what I was going to.
[ Even then, there's still a minute between this and the follow-up call. An attempt to gather scattered thoughts into something coherent. ]
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[ But not immediately. There's a long period of silence on the line: ambient pops and crackles of a mic too low, the occasional beep of a heart monitor or the footsteps of a patrol. Long enough where you'd think he'd just hang up. The entire thing's a mess. ]
...Don't like mine either. Three more days an' I'll get by with no one noticing. Not the same reasons, but celebrating on a day I find worthless is just... Why care about something worthless, right? Not the point. I know it was Wonderland, or that- Raven Queen getting in your head, making it worse, but...
[ Breathe in. Breathe out. No more second-guessing. And the voice is an unmoving lake, all calm certainty with no disruptions. ]
I couldn't speak last time. So I'll say what I was going to.
[ Even then, there's still a minute between this and the follow-up call. An attempt to gather scattered thoughts into something coherent. ]