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[Still adjusting to his new super-sight, Liam is wearing glasses when he shows up on the screen. A hint of general anxiety is shown by some fidgeting.]

Okay so... things are bad in Locke, right? I haven't been back in a while. People are talking about moving, and I don't want to move. It's like a second home to me, you know?

[He'd spent a lot of time feeling like he wanted to get away from Locke when his sea-longing first kicked in, but now...]

My family has had property there since I was a kid... I mean I get that the property won't go anywhere, but I'm kind of attached to it.

[Liam takes a deep breath then sits back from the camera. When he speaks again, he's less somber.]

Okay, distraction time. So, a lot of people I know have names for their past lives or old selves or whatever - is that pretty common? I figured I should get one too, if that's the case. Don't want to be left out. Any ideas?

[Wait.]

...Okay nobody say "butthead" or something.

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[espigeonage]

Aaaah! Old meme alert! Old meme alert!

[He bats a balled-up handkerchief at the screen. It bounces off.]

[arrowpoint]

What, just because it's old it's not funny? You should see my Uncle with some wine in him.

[espigeonage]

I never did, he was always very controlled! Tell. Tell!

[arrowpoint]

Well, usually it's a holiday. My Dad really gets on his nerves or something. I think he must sneak some extra glasses so he doesn't strangle him.

So this one Christmas when I was thirteen or so he's just belting out the carols with all the wrong words, no joke. It was hilarious. My mom wanted to kill him. He was cut off for the night.

[espigeonage]

Hhh. Oh my god, I wish I could laugh.

Niiiiice. Not something I'd have expected out of him! Y'know, drunk people just lose their inhibitions, they don't really do things they don't at some level want to do. Maybe in another life he'd be a karaoke star!