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therushingsky
"Heyyyy, you've reached the head office of the Atlas Corporation, leave a message and your number, and one of our people will get back to you."
therushingsky"Heyyyy, you've reached the head office of the Atlas Corporation, leave a message and your number, and one of our people will get back to you."
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Date: 2019-01-18 05:40 am (UTC)[Sharply, wistfully wry. But he's being selfish over the clones. He wants them for him, he always wanted children, he's going to have a million and all he has to do is steal them and rewrite history.]
They aren't - exactly -
[He shakes his head.]
Nevermind. Sure. Where?
[He mostly figures Rhys is finally going to punch him after all, but whatever. Sure. Fine.]
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Date: 2019-01-18 05:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-01-18 05:57 am (UTC)See you soon, Rhys.
[It's a few minutes before he knocks.]
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Date: 2019-01-18 06:13 am (UTC)Hey.
[He gives Jedao a whole ten seconds to get used to that, before Rhys takes a step forward and just-- wraps one arm around his shoulders, pulling him into a tight hug.]
I'm sorry for shouting at you.
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Date: 2019-01-18 06:32 am (UTC)When the hug comes, he's still for a moment of pure surprise, then melts into it, tucks his face into the crook of Rhys's neck, arms coming up to cling back tightly. He takes slow, deep breaths as he holds on, not quite letting himself shudder.]
I'm sorry for...calling you things.
[Even if he hadn't meant Rhys specifically, or Rhys as a person, with all of them - well, all the more reason to apologize.]
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Date: 2019-01-18 12:31 pm (UTC)But whatever. Better egoism than apathy, right?]
I'm sorry your home world jacked you up so bad.
[Mumbled into Jedao's shoulder.]
You're not a monster, man.
[oh god damn it, is he crying? He's such a wuss. The only redeeming fact is that Jedao can't see.]
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Date: 2019-01-18 05:59 pm (UTC)Just a fucking psycho then?
The word doesn't matter. I'm not....good. No one has to be delicate about it.
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Date: 2019-01-20 12:12 am (UTC)[Ugh, how to say this in a way that won't start them both fighting again?]
It's like, that lever thing, right? You're on a train, and the train's going to crash, unless you pull the lever to put it onto a different track. But if you pull the lever, it's going to run some people down. And-- there isn't a right answer. Like, that's the point. Then, the second part of the question is: What if someone you love is on the train?
[All of this is muttered into Jedao's shoulder.]
Might be Psycho, but it's a really normal kind of psycho. Especially when it's kids.
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Date: 2019-01-20 12:21 am (UTC)You have to kill the guy laying the train tracks, obviously.
[Which is easier to say than I put everyone I loved on the train just to get to the switch.]
If there's no right answer, you have to change the question.
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Date: 2019-01-20 12:41 am (UTC)[Because everyone would pull the switch if they loved the people on the trolley.]
Just, regular bad like the rest of us.
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Date: 2019-01-20 02:23 am (UTC)He goes a little bit stiff, even as his hands clutch fistfuls of Rhys's clothes. It sounds awful and narcissistic, I'm not like the rest of you. But before Fives, he was so, so alone.]
I don't understand why you're so invested in this word.
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Date: 2019-01-23 01:17 am (UTC)Feels very-- locked in, a word like that.
[He feels Jedao tense, and lifts a hand to rub in slow, reassuring circles on the other man's back, trying to soothe away some ember of his distress.]
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Date: 2019-01-25 03:22 am (UTC)Why?
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Date: 2019-02-03 03:27 am (UTC)You made a decision, and you did something shitty and difficult, and you're still hurting because of it. That's some real people shit. You just had to do it on a really scary, enormous scale.
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Date: 2019-02-04 06:51 am (UTC)[Truculent mumbling more than real argument.]
People are animals too. We have natures. Some parts of people are terrible.