[A. 335 Brady Lane, the kitchen.]
[Accelerator is eating cereal mechanically and staring off into space. It's the 4th of July and he's thinking back to Independence Days past. Remembering things like watching fireworks with his goofy--if annoying--brother Takeshi and their parents...
...Wait, since when did he have a brother? Or...parents? He had
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[Her little baby, she'd taken care of him when he was barely months old. He'd loved her apple pie when she'd grown up.
...Does she even know how to cook apple pie?]
Are you okay, dearest?
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[He kind of wants to ignore this weird plant lady but--wait isn't that his old babysitter?]
I mean...just fine, Mrs. Laufeyjarson.
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...Didn't I get experimented on as a child?
[Memories of scientists and memories of his kind, plant-obsessed babysitter were both floating around in his mind. Why the fuck couldn't he figure out which were real? This shouldn't be that hard.]
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[She reaches to tug on his ear, huffing]
I had more faith in you than that, son.
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Do I look drunk to you?
[Crazy, yes. Drunk, no.
He tries to swat her hand away. DON'T TOUCH HIM YOU PLANT HAG.]
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You're speaking nonsense. Expermienting! Are you suggesting the times I let you play with my garden were experimenting?
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I only just met you, hag. We're prisoners in this shithole, remember...? At least, I think we are...
...No, that's not right...yeah, I remember your fucking garden now that I think of it...
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But they had just met-
-and she loves him almost as much as she loves her own kids.]
Do you have a fever? You certainly do not look good.
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Tch, I don't have a goddamn fever. I'll be fine.
[...in body. Not in the head.]
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[She reaches to hold his hand]
But let me lead you home, will you? I want to make sure you get there safely.
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[...That could just make things worse.]
No...wait...yes I do...my real home...
[But...he ran away from home, so all he had was that bunker his employers owned...]
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[He snorts, raising an eyebrow]
What, do you have a 'fake' home? What would your parents say if they heard you?
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[Yes you do.]
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[Surprised gasp]
I thought they had raised you better than that!
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[Who's he talking about? He doesn't have a little sister, for one...nor does he have two moms...does he?]
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