Twenty-Eighth Drop: on the other side (videopost)

[spiritofsorrow]

(Sorrow looks...different, today. His hair is short and styled over to one side; his clothes are civilian and distinctly 50's American, and he isn't wearing his gun. He doesn't look sad or rueful or even pleased at all -- instead, his expression is surprisingly neutral. Cavalier. As if nothing had ever happened, to give him the face he usually wore

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[voice]

[der_freischuetz]

[Sounding highly amused.]

Enjoy yourself, Peter.

[video]

[spiritofsorrow]

(A little confused.)

I will, of course.

(The screen flickers; cut to the fog, where a staticky image of Sorrow sits perfectly still, staring over his chalkboard, that reads, "..."

[voice]

[der_freischuetz]

[Speaking to this image of Sorrow now, even though she doesn't expect an answer from it.]

Isn't it ironic? You sound more human now and less like a failed attempt of a saint. More human and uninteresting.

Re: [voice]

[spiritofsorrow]

[The image flickers in, grainy and staticky, and Sorrow holds up the board: "I never pretended to be a saint."]

[voice] 2/2

[spiritofsorrow]

More human? ...I didn't expect anyone to think I wasn't human. As for uninteresting, well, my life has been interesting enough.

[voice]

[der_freischuetz]

If you say so.