[It’s an exciting time, being trapped in a holding cell at ground zero with a panicking empath as the missile approaches. He doesn’t recommend it.]
Muslim. Can’t drink. [Duo replies with grim, grim humor. Nah; that was his coping method.] ...and I don’t think he’s interested in the dampener, although... in times like that, maybe... [...wouldn’t had been such a bad idea, if upsetting for different reasons.]
[It’s hard not to think of Ruka then and now and see the same transformation of his friend, a few decades later. Maybe not cold for the same reasons, exactly. Perhaps to the same purpose. It’s okay; he’s in the now. Duo just wants to help him along to wherever the present takes him, regardless of what future awaits.]
He’s a hard worker. [A little fondly] I’m sure he’ll be fine with trying that.
[It’s probably pushing his luck, but he’s never been very good at knowing when to quit while he’s ahead.] You haven’t done too badly for yourself, seems to me. I mean, all things considered. I’m sure if you’ve managed this long, he’ll make it just fine.
Yeah. And in spite of that... [He hadn’t missed that, or all the stories of Atropos’ havoc, or what followed. And yet he’d seen grown men break from lesser weights, and here had stood before him a girl that had been the same age he was when he had decided what monster to make of himself- and she was fractured, yes, but the important stuff that lay beneath all that- that was still there.]
[He only saw what he wanted to see in people. That’s what he’d been told. But how could he not, when that was the stuff in them that mattered?]
...I’d appreciate it. I know where to get the nullifiers. Not so much on the empath therapy.
Sure. A guy I knew was assigned a counseling job a while back. With a citizen health organization. I'll see if any of the coworkers he complained about the least are still kicking around.
[ But the flat way she says that is as loud as if she bit back with only the question: in spite of what? ]
As in, I'll set you up with ones who know how to deal with empaths, directly. If it was just a regular psych, you could find those online.
If you don't know what you're talking about, you should keep yourself quiet. People don't like offering favors to guys who can't stay off their nerves.
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Muslim. Can’t drink. [Duo replies with grim, grim humor. Nah; that was his coping method.] ...and I don’t think he’s interested in the dampener, although... in times like that, maybe... [...wouldn’t had been such a bad idea, if upsetting for different reasons.]
[It’s hard not to think of Ruka then and now and see the same transformation of his friend, a few decades later. Maybe not cold for the same reasons, exactly. Perhaps to the same purpose. It’s okay; he’s in the now. Duo just wants to help him along to wherever the present takes him, regardless of what future awaits.]
He’s a hard worker. [A little fondly] I’m sure he’ll be fine with trying that.
[It’s probably pushing his luck, but he’s never been very good at knowing when to quit while he’s ahead.] You haven’t done too badly for yourself, seems to me. I mean, all things considered. I’m sure if you’ve managed this long, he’ll make it just fine.
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[ The retort is quick, but not without heat. Hers is not the existence anyone should aspire to — least of all as a measure of emotional well-being. ]
If he needs an instructor, I might be able to find someone.
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[He only saw what he wanted to see in people. That’s what he’d been told. But how could he not, when that was the stuff in them that mattered?]
...I’d appreciate it. I know where to get the nullifiers. Not so much on the empath therapy.
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[ But the flat way she says that is as loud as if she bit back with only the question: in spite of what? ]
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[Lalala he's just going to ignore that tone :)) don't bring him down Ruka :)))]
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If you don't know what you're talking about, you should keep yourself quiet. People don't like offering favors to guys who can't stay off their nerves.
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Got it, got it. Pardon me.
[Fine line to toe, there....] ...You have my thanks. Whatever little that's worth.