savetheearth | Video; -> Private Text to George

[In the evening, Arthur wrote the 'numbers' on the surface of a large window panel with a dry erase marker. He had been busy all week and mostly silent, save for a handful of chats. He was standing in a full, black suit and grey dress shirt that looked as if it were tailored rather than pulled from a thrift shop. He was even wearing driving gloves, to fit the look a hitman would go for.

Anyone listening would likely be confused, because this is going to be the most articulate Arthur will ever have been to date.]

I had a pretty busy week. A lot of good things happened and I'm pretty sure it's all because of the guy I used to be. I feel good, but I get the impression he felt like he was walking on sunshine all day long.

[Arthur paused, swallowing his words for that moment. He was beating around the bush.]

I don't like the guy I think I used to be. He said something that made me really worry he was a horrible guy and that whatever he had at his disposal was something he didn't deserve, but forget that guy.

I'm not looking to be a hero or win people over--I just wanna prove that asshole wrong. So, if you guys ever need my help--ask for Arthur York.

[Text to George's Cell]
new number this is artie

so this hotel fridges bar is already paid for

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I wanna believe that, but I can't be sure. I can do crazy things already. I dunno if something's gonna come back that I can't stop.

Something might come back that I can't argue with.

[Vash pretty much voiced Arthur's biggest concern.]

...He sounded really smart. I don't know if it'll be easy to avoid it.

"Crazy things"? What kinds of crazy things?

I'm not endorsing dramatic death pacts or anything [ PLEASE NO DEATH PACTS, TINY BATMAN ] but you could always talk to the people around here about helping keep you in check. If it's worrying you that much, I mean.

Uh, well. For one, I accidentally threw myself over an office building trying to run. [He figured that would count for something.]

...

Are you maybe confusing "crazy" with "kinda really dumb"?

Hey. I didn't go out and try to do that.

I was trying to do something much smaller.

So... super-strength? Flight? Teleportation? An unwise combination of all three?

Whatever you were running from must've been pretty scary.