Well, life is ... complicated. But good! He's met with the new bossman, Harding, who's slightly less intimidating than DeWitt in some indefinable way. And who seems to have a certain appreciation for genius. And long story short, friends and neighbors, Topher Brink is about to become the new head of R&D at the Los Angeles Dollhouse.
Topher's happy almost to the point of giddy. Beyond kid-in-a-candy-store; this is all the way to kid-in-Wonka's-Chocolate-Factory.
"Not if you're sure you don't want to come," he offers, brightly. "Though ... you look like you maybe haven't been having the greatest time of it out there."
Cautiously, he edges half a step closer. "Everybody's worried about you, you know."
Well, life is ... complicated. But good! He's met with the new bossman, Harding, who's slightly less intimidating than DeWitt in some indefinable way. And who seems to have a certain appreciation for genius. And long story short, friends and neighbors, Topher Brink is about to become the new head of R&D at the Los Angeles Dollhouse.
Topher's happy almost to the point of giddy. Beyond kid-in-a-candy-store; this is all the way to kid-in-Wonka's-Chocolate-Factory.
They're finally gonna let him do stuff.
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When Topher comes bouncing in, she looks up automatically -- and freezes.
Almost every single one of her personalities provides a swear word, many of them the same one. All Echo herself manages is an "Oh--"
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And oh look, now it's his turn to freeze.
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On the one hand, Topher works for the Dollhouse.
On the other hand, she likes Topher.
On the . . . one foot? . . . it's Topher. He's not exactly the most threatening person Rossum could send after her.
But he is the only Rossum employee who knows about Milliways, that she can remember.
To sum up: Echo is alarmed.
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It's Echo. Here. Is this where she's been for the past week? And, okay, if time stops when they're here, how is that even possible?
... At least she looks okay. Uh.
Topher tries for a smile, and a small awkward wave.
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She drops her sandwich and half-rises, wary.
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He holds up both hands in a gesture of surrender, and takes a half-step backward.
"It's okay! It's okay."
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Suspicious Echo is VERY SUSPICIOUS.
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A weak smile.
"How're you?"
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Apparently, she's defensive.
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He's still got his hands up; slowly, he lowers them.
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"You aren't going to try to take me back?"
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Cautiously, he edges half a step closer. "Everybody's worried about you, you know."
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"They're worried I'll tell people. Like Daniel."
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She firmly believes this.
Her appearance kind of gives the lie to that, though.
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