20 [video; private, moderately difficult hack]

[kindly_done]

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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[demiurgos_girl]

Part of being a freak is whether or not you choose to be one.

lol facepalm icon

[kindly_done]

Are you angry with me?

[There's an odd blur to his voice.]

I love that icon :Db

[demiurgos_girl]

Disappointed.

Are you okay?

[audio]

[kindly_done]

[Jack is reluctant to show his face, which is never a good sign.]

I will be.

[audio]

[demiurgos_girl]

Good. [Although her voice isn't exactly harsh, it's not kind either.]

[audio of siiiilence]

[kindly_done]

[He opens his mouth to say something, he doesn't know what--maybe an insincere apology, because he's not sorry that he spliced--and closes it again.]

[audio of trying not to sound too sentimental]

[demiurgos_girl]

All my life, I've wanted to be normal. Did you know that?

But I'm not mad. You're just different from what I thought you were.

[audio]

[kindly_done]

I understand that.

What did you think I was?

[audio]

[demiurgos_girl]

The kind of guy who'd want to sit back and enjoy the sunshine, I suppose.

[audio]

[kindly_done]

Maybe at home. It's not safe enough for that, here.

[audio]

[demiurgos_girl]

[Now it's her turn to be silent for a few moments, before cutting the transmission.]