Sometimes I almost like living here. I feel less set apart when it seems like everyone else is a freak, too.
[He smiles a little, and shuts the feed off.]
[About half an hour later, it switches on again, still locked, as Jack's hand slams down on the button in a desperate effort to keep himself upright against his table. The effort fails, and
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Three.
[He sounds as if he's speaking through gritted teeth.]
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Three is quite a bit.
Do you want me to come over there?
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[He speaks shortly, trying to keep that telltale blurring out of his voice.]
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I told you you wouldn't want t'start off with three.
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I didn't start with it. I just didn't wait.
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...Need help?
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[There's an odd blur to his voice.]
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Are you okay?
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I will be.
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Problems?
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[He's not actually sure of this at all, and he's still a bad liar.]
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[By which I mean "what's that shiny substance you've put in yourself and will it make me see pretty colors?"]
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Speak for yourself. I have yet to meet someone who isn't--
Are you short-circuiting?
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I never claimed the two were mutually exclusive.
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[Jack finds this logic strangely compelling.]
Then yes.
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