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[gobybessie]

[ It's a rather posh set up, like this was some professional solemn news broadcast or something. Though, to be fair, John does think it's very important. He's seated at his desk, arms folded in front of him, and a furrow to his brow. ]

There is a matter I wish to discuss with you.

People have been losing their jobs, been suspended from schools, and hunted down simply for being numbered. It's more than enough that in any other case you could bring it to court but, likely, the law is not entirely sure what to make of us. In the fine print, I suppose we aren't exactly covered.

[ But if you ask him, that's honestly absurd, and that's clear in his tone.

He takes a break to grab a cup of tea and take a sip. There's a shift in his eyes, into something exhausted. He's tired. There's a lot going on and he's not entirely sure what to do. ]

We tend to take the law into our own hands, but I think perhaps it's worth actually trying to work with it. If anyone else would like to try, I would be glad to have some help.

Any inputs or thoughts are welcome. I'd love to hear them.

[ And he cuts the feed. ]

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[video]

[ruleorserve]

[It's a situation that it's easy to get tired of. He's tired of it, for all that there are people who have been living with this longer than he has, but he shouldn't need to worry about what happens when more people figure out what he is. He shouldn't have to worry for John, so visibly different from who he used to be.

He shouldn't need to worry about the friends and family of the people on the network. And yet, this is the world that they've been asked to live in, and it can't last forever. So really, it is better to force an end here and now, while they still have a change to take control of things.]

I'm glad to be thought of so highly.

["I'm glad to have you back in mine," he means and there's a smile of his own to go with, still as lopsided as his have ever been.]

[video]

[gobybessie]

Call it nostalgia. Careful so you don't ruin it.

[ You do, after all, easily look back on things with rose tinted glasses. But he'd like to think, in this case, what he remembers is more reality than not. ]

[video]

[ruleorserve]

Of course.

[Nostalgia is easily understandably, but all the same he has honestly missed this. Enough that he suspects that what he remembers - and what John remembers - is much more the reality than anything else.

The sentiment of "would I really do a thing like that?" isn't spoken, like it might have been when they'd both been younger, but traces of it lurk around the corners of his eyes and in the unspoken echoes that comes with the comment.]

[video]

[gobybessie]

[ Not intentionally, at the very least, no. He doesn't think so. ]

I will most likely contact you about this eventually.

In the meantime, have you been settling all right?

[video]

[ruleorserve]

I have. Recent events haven't always been... the most enjoyable, but yes.