[Gilbert is in Oz's room. And there's a frantic sort shaking to the video feed as it turns on. This is probably because Gilbert's hands are shaking. Significantly shaking. And he can't quite seem to stop them.] Oz.
Oz if you can hear this, you need to answer me. You need to answer me now. Please... please answer me...
[His voice is more than a
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[This is Alice, who's pretty much torn between being pissed off at being left behind, denial that he's left and depressed that he was willing enough to leave her behind.]
...dammit, seaweed head, this isn't the time to be joking around...!
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[And she rushes off to chek his room, until...]
...it's empty.
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[Gilbert knows. Gilbert has been a bad servant and stolen something small that Oz came with, a handkerchief maybe, just to keep tracks, since that's how this city seems to work when people are released from it.]
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Jeez, get a hold of yourself. You're acting like that twerp leaving is the end of the world.
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He's gone. [He says it in confusion, as though he's certain Elliot must not have heard. But that's not right. It's the consequences of Oz being gone.] Gone again. [But not lost this time, not trapped in the Abyss. Home. This is what Gilbert keeps telling himself anyway.] And I couldn't...
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But of course it only proves to make Elliot more angry; seeing Gil is so upset over him.]
... You couldn't what? Save him? Protect him? So he's gone, big deal.
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...I promised to. And I couldn't keep that promise. I couldn't keep it again. [A pause.] It's... he's home. He has to be.
[Speaking of, he frowns slightly.] I wish you'd stayed here. It's not safe here right now, Elliot. ["Are you all right? Will you come stay here?" Questions he's not sure he has any right to ask.]
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