[When the feed clicks on, it's most definitely midnight. The old soldier is traveling through Route 36 to 37 again... though since he hasn't got Solid with him at the moment, he's planning on switching to Chicken sometime later
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... There's not much of a point in keeping it a secret, I guess.
[After all, Harry himself had been open about it right from the beginning... hell, if the DEAD guy could come right out and say it, there was no reason she shouldn't. Besides... she'd had enough of keeping her father a secret the first time around.]
[She grins crookedly. It IS something she's come to terms with, even if it... still hurts.]
He is.
He told me so.
... It was real nice to hear it. ... I never thought I would.
[Never thought she would AGAIN, anyway... he'd made sure to let her know how proud he was of her when he was alive. ... It was just that he'd been taken away so suddenly...]
[S-SHE STILL HAS TO GIVE YOUR STEELIX BACK TO YOU, SOB. She doesn't quite realize he's already on his way...]
I haven't introduced you to my dad!
....--er. But-- yeah, uh, Solid's doing fine. Sorry it took me so long to get back. [She sounds legit guilty.]
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[MUTTER MUTTER MUTTER GROWL GROWL GROWL.]
Heather..... [he sounds pretty frustrated.]
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I did give you a shout-out over the network when I got back into town! I just figured you were-- ... busy or somethin'!
[TEENS CAN BE KINDA FLAKY SOMETIMES, SNAKE. ALAS.]
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Do I really have to come back... [FACEPALM.]
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[She knows how aggravating it is to keep running back and forth. ... Especially since Snake presumably doesn't have anything to ride now.]
I can send Solid to you with Claudy...
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[Sighs.]
... Sorry. Maybe I can talk to your father... over the network.
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A-anyway, it's all right, I mean. Yeah, uh. Sorry I took so long.
We ... had a lot to catch up on.
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It's all right. You deserve to have the chance to talk things out with your dad.
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[There's a brief pause, where she rubs the back of her neck, looking a little unsure.]
... Did... did I ever tell you about what happened to him? My dad?
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Are you sure you wanna talk about it?
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[After all, Harry himself had been open about it right from the beginning... hell, if the DEAD guy could come right out and say it, there was no reason she shouldn't. Besides... she'd had enough of keeping her father a secret the first time around.]
He was murdered a year before I came here.
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Hnn... A year before you came here, huh? Sounds tough.
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[Her voice is heavy.]
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You've done pretty good on your own. He must be proud of you.
[His own father wasn't, that much he already knew.]
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He is.
He told me so.
... It was real nice to hear it. ... I never thought I would.
[Never thought she would AGAIN, anyway... he'd made sure to let her know how proud he was of her when he was alive. ... It was just that he'd been taken away so suddenly...]
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That's good. You deserve to be told that.
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