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[orangetoughguy]

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[Look when you're trying to learn how to use this device thing there are going to be mistakes. This is one of them. Beep beep. Click.]

"I thought he died."

"No, he didn't die. They don't do that kind of shit. It's Happy Days."

[Beep of a button being pressed. Slurping a drink.]

"Well he disappeared."

"Yeah, they call it college. At least in TV land. Either way, after a while it didn't matter."

[More shuffling...and maybe the crinkling of a wrapper...then:]

"You seriously watched Happy Days?"

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[justdoingmyjob.livejournal.com]

Which people from space did you meet?

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[orangetoughguy]

No one yet, just learnin' my way around with what I'm getting from other people.

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[orangetoughguy]

[. . . . . . . .]

Damn.

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[justdoingmyjob.livejournal.com]

That's probably the best way to handle it.

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[as_damaged]

You get used to it, more or less, after a while... but unfortunately the devices have a habit of accidentally turning on at the worst times.

How are you adjusting to life in the City otherwise?

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[orangetoughguy]

Yeah, and I've been in tougher.

[Trying to convince himself he has anyway.]

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[adamantined]

Besides, haven't you ever seen Star Wars?

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[orangetoughguy]

I was messin' with it. Now I know better.

I ain't starvin' and I ain't bleedin', good start right?

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[orangetoughguy]

Yoda was green. Ackbar was orange.

[Claire doesn't know it but he sort of just walked into that trap.]

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[adamantined]

[Give her a moment to remember who Ackbar is. She only recently learned that it's a trap.]

And Darth Vader was Mufasa. The point I'm trying to make is that this isn't the day and age when Martians and other aliens are only green or goopy and gross. And in this place, you're likely to run into someone from Mars who looks like they come from your neighborhood.

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[as_damaged]

Always a step in the right direction. I'm glad to hear you're doing better.

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[perspectiveguy.livejournal.com]

Well, you do, don't you? That guy? Your friend?

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[orangetoughguy]

Came with me. He don't know anymore than I do.

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[perspectiveguy.livejournal.com]

But, you know each other. And that is something.

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[orangetoughguy]

I doubt I could've done it without you.

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[orangetoughguy]

And you know this because...?

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[orangetoughguy]

Sure, there's that.

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[adamantined]

Well, I've been here two years and almost two months, now.I think I've got a pretty good grip on the situation.

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[orangetoughguy]

You too? I don't plan on bein' around that long.

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[adamantined]

No one really has a say in how long they're here for, unless you -

[Claire bites her lip to stop herself where she is.]

You sound a lot better than the first time I heard you over the Network.

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[orangetoughguy]

[Curiosity piqued over that "you--" but then she says that.]

What first time?

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[adamantined]

You were trying to get something. It was a few days ago, right after you and BJ had just gotten here. It was probably accidentally posted, too.

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[orangetoughguy]

Oh. That. Yeah I think I remember that.

[Whew. He thought she was going to mention his bloody drop in.]

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[adamantined]

[It's the drop in that she's thinking about, but she is trying to go about this delicately. You can't just ask people if they're dead.]

So you're doing better? From that.

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[orangetoughguy]

[Play it cool, Freddy.]

Yeah, a lot better. At least this time I know who I'm talkin' to and how.