039 ± [visual | location: the northern island] all us snakes find our tails pretty damn tasty

[justaddmarbles]

When Glitch awoke, he knew the following: that he was in Taxon, in the palace, in his own room, in his own bed, his limbs were comfortably entangled with DG's, his right shoulder ached a bit but that was typical and would fade as the day went on, and that there was a lengthy list of things he wanted to accomplish. When plans for how to organize and

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[comprehender]

When River turns on the tablet to reply, she's smiling, wide and genuine. Not entirely sure why, but she's decided to roll with the gut instincts; they always end up making sense after a little while.

"You, too?"

She intends to mean 'waking up different,' but it applies on many different levels. Plenty more than she realizes at the moment, but that's a problem for later.

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[justaddmarbles]

"River!"

There was just unmitigated joy in that exclamation. For it to be him "too", it had to be her to begin with, and that meant she'd also been...not fixed. People don't get fixed. Healed.

"Me too," he replied with a nod. "Just today. When did it happen to you?"

...yes, talking in all sorts of layers here.

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[comprehender]

This talking, casual and at ease, feels absolutely normal and she falls into it without a second thought. And without noticing the zipper on her apparent friend's head. "A little over a week. It's been disorienting."

She tucks a stray hair (all brushed, looking very put together) behind her ear, awkward but unimpeded.

"Things from before are still vague, but I've managed. I suppose you don't have that problem, do you? Since you recognized me?"

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[justaddmarbles]

Glitch frowned and tilted his head. So now she was having the memory problems, that was...what were those aliens up to?

"That is a switch," he mused. "But yes, we're friends. I've known you as long as I've been here."

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[comprehender]

"A switch from what?"

On some level, she's entirely sure she doesn't want to know. She's actually avoided asking something like this before, but not wanting to know something never stopped River from finding it out before. This little bit of unease and the prickle at the back of her neck sure as seven hells won't stop her now.

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[justaddmarbles]

"Usually it's me that can't remember things," Glitch confessed with a nod. "And there's still a lot that's missing but I remember everything here and...well, stuff about you pretty well. From dancing to lobsters."

Maybe that'd help?

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[comprehender]

"Well, I recognize things? Things from here, I mean. The last thing I remember before waking up in that ship was having dinner with my brother back home."

River winces, thinks she must sound absolutely nuts.

"It's been weird, but I think an alien abduction requires a certain level of oddness."

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[justaddmarbles]

He frowned and nodded. Not nuts at all, just...tweaked. Adjusted. There had to be another word.

"Oddness is definitely justified," Glitch remarked and scratched his head. "Well, if you need a more formal introduction: I'm called Glitch, and usually I've only got half a brain. It's...a long story which is sort of irrelevant at the moment."

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[comprehender]

"It's very nice to re-meet you."

There's a genuine smile, that gladness, and then half a brain hits and she stops. Her face falls. Something clicks.

"How did we know each other before? When you had half a brain, as opposed to now?"