[ voice ; open + lock ]

[polarisation]

Um... so if anybody talked to a little kid recently... really naïve, blue-haired, um-that was me. I'm sorry 'bout that. This place's never gonna stop messing with me, but if... if you talked to me, can you report in or something?

[ He's nervous about all the people he may have come in contact with, seeing as little!him doesn't have the same

Comments

[ video ]

[myheartglows]

Sooo ... it really does just wear off?

[ voice ]

[polarisation]

I think so. S' what happened to me.

[ video ]

[myheartglows]

You still sound young.

[ voice ]

[polarisation]

... 'cause I am. [ Beat. ] Seventeen. I was eight, before.

[ video ]

[myheartglows]

Could you turn on video?

[ voice ]

[polarisation]

Why?

[ video ]

[myheartglows]

'Cause it's easier to talk to someone face-to-face if I can see their face.

[ video conferencing is completely out of his reach in 1989, just humor him while he has it. ]

[ video ]

[polarisation]

[ There's a pause, then a quiet sigh. He flicks the video on, not looking entirely comfortable, but at least he doesn't look like he's about to jump out of his skin or anything. ]

Better?

[ video ]

[myheartglows]

Much.

[ a pause, where his eyes glance a little up ]

So what's with the hair?

[ video ]

[polarisation]

[ Oh, his eyes roll. Not much, but really, he should have expected that. ]

S' natural.

[ video ]

[myheartglows]

Huh.

People have weird genetics in the future.

[ video ]

[polarisation]

What? ... s' not the future. [ No matter what Rush and Lance had bitty Sefton thinking. ]

[ video ]

[myheartglows]

It is for me.

[ video ]

[polarisation]

No, I mean-time's got nothing t' do with my hair.

[ video ]

[myheartglows]

More of that different universe stuff?

[ video ]

[polarisation]

Yeah, exactly. S' just an Italian thing.