It is what it is. She's tough, she's trained up. She'll find a way through, wherever she ends up.
[ It never sounded like she had much waiting back home for her except bad memories, but she'll have a chance. That's enough for a starting point, isn't it? ]
Nah. [ Ephemera leans back, grinning. He's feeling the alcohol now, but that's fine. The moment was complicated at the start, but it feels good just to talk to someone. To have a friend. ] You'd make a handsome damsel.
That sounds like quitter talk there. [ Ephemera has no idea where this is going, but he likes the lighter conversation, the change in tone. Not everything has to weigh them down. It can be fun. They can get drunk and talk and it can be good. ] You always had your hair long?
[ Ephemera tips his head to the side. He runs a hand through his own hair, wondering. It's growing in patchy, but he hasn't shaved it flat. ]
Used to buzz mine all the time. Rodriguez, he was the one who wore it long. Always in braids. Fuck the grooming standard and all that. Dunno. Maybe I'll grow it out.
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[ Funny how that works. Ephemera considers that for a moment, then shrugs. ]
I heard people come back sometimes. Either they remember being here or they don't.
[ He wonders where Ginia went back to. If he'll ever see her again. ]
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Both those statements are less than encouraging... well, you'd be welcome in the past if you want to brave it.
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Think most places are a shit show, unless you've got people.
[ He blinks, refocusing. ]
Why'd you ask? About people going back.
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I did. There weren't a lot of answers.
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[ It never sounded like she had much waiting back home for her except bad memories, but she'll have a chance. That's enough for a starting point, isn't it? ]
Miss her, though.
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[ Ephemera tips his head back, searching for the right words. ]
Helping.
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[ Little does he know he means Ephemera's new roommate. ]
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I don't know. Feels good. It's something I can do, at least.
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Off the rails how?
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[ Another one of those future things. ]
Must be weird. Trying to figure out a new context for everything. At least I know what most of the tech around here does.
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Want me to punch someone?
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... but I appreciate the chivalry.
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Never been accused of chivalry before. That's a new one.
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[ Ephemera tips his head to the side. He runs a hand through his own hair, wondering. It's growing in patchy, but he hasn't shaved it flat. ]
Used to buzz mine all the time. Rodriguez, he was the one who wore it long. Always in braids. Fuck the grooming standard and all that. Dunno. Maybe I'll grow it out.
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