Voice.

[barebacking]

So, Alex Mercer is dead.

[A soft sigh.]

And I don't think that Sir Cohen is going to return to us.

[A long pause.]

I do think that there should be appropriate music for this news...

[Another pause before something heavy sounds as though it is set next to the NV. Few clicks as a voice starts singing, but not enough to be distinct.No, that's

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[quackery]

Alex is dead? I thought he just went home!

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[barebacking]

[Drums his fingers on the stereo he has, before resting his head against its surface. He is still smiling as usual, though.]

Isn't it the same, Ahiru? You can't talk, see, feel, or do anything with him.

All you have is your memories to warm you in his presence.

[His gaze slips off-screen to where Alex's jacket rests. Why yes, he did take it.]

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[quackery]

...No, it isn't the same.

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[barebacking]

How so?

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[quackery]

Because if he was dead, he could have been really hurt and scared, right? So it's much better if he just went home.

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[barebacking]

People die peacefully.

Why think so horrifying?

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[quackery]

No matter what, he didn't want to die.

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[barebacking]

The day you are born is the day you are destined to die.

You can't change Destiny. But he is a kind master and I'm certain looked after Alex.

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[quackery]

If destiny's nice, then he didn't die.

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[barebacking]

Perhaps.

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[quackery]

What do you mean?

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[barebacking]

Just what I said, Ahiru.

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[quackery]

Why just perhaps? It's more than perhaps...

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[barebacking]

Being dead isn't so bad.

It's the living that are hurt by it more.

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[quackery]

How would you know?

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[barebacking]

I died. Twice.