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GG: dave!!!
GG: i guess youre busy right now
GG: thats ok!
GG: im kind of scared but we are all in danger
GG: and whats important is that you make sure you stay safe
GG: so if you are off doing that then good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GG: sometimes you do what is best for other people and not yourself
GG: the game never really picked you to be the knight i think
GG: you picked to be the knight in the game!
GG: you just didnt know it
GG: (stop rolling your eyes!!! gosh you are so stubborn)
GG: anyway
GG: i guess there are some things i want to say
GG: ummmmm................
GG: i always thought it was weird you liked talking to me!
GG: since youre super cool and you like to say im bizarre
GG: but you have been kind of cold :(
GG: and i guess ive always wanted to give you a hug!!!
GG: just to see if it made you feel any better
GG: you seem like you could really use it sometimes
GG: since i know youre not always very confident in yourself and your abilities
GG: but i always mean it when i say i think you are soooooo great
GG: because...you are!! <3
GG: and maybe someday you will even believe that!!! hehehe
GG: hmmmmmm
GG: i guess youre still busy
GG: i really wish we had more time
GG: we wouldve done so much!
GG: grandpa always said id leave the island someday
GG: i guess he was wrong....but thats ok
GG: it just would have been so neat
GG: i think if i could pick anyone to show me the world it would be you!
GG: because i trust you
GG: and things always seem less scary when youre around
GG: i think this is it...........
GG: its getting close now
GG: i dont think i have that much time left
GG: so just one more thing before i go since you really need to hear this!!!!!!!
GG: itll be okay dave
GG: youll fix this
GG: i know youre blaming yourself right now and it isnt your fault
GG: it was never your fault at all
GG: you couldnt have known
GG: but you know now and youll change it
GG: and next time we will have more time together
GG: im sorry youre going to have to go through all this
GG: i wish i could be there
GG: goodbye dave <3 <3 <3
TT: Strider?
TG: leave me the fuck alone
TT: Let's see.
TT: No.
TT: You're free to verbally assault me as you see fit, and I trust you'll take advantage of that. Think nothing of it. My door is open.
TT: But neither of us should be going through this alone.
TG: is that your professional opinion
TT: Yes, it is.
TG: then fuck you
TG: and fuck this
TG: this stupid fucking game
TG: killed the world
TG: killed our friends
TG: whats the next rung on the ladder then
TG: us probably
TG: hell with that
TG: im going back
TG: immediately
TG: my timetables are a burly prison inmate and theyre about to skullfuck this shitty timeline
TG: or at least put me somewhere else
TT: Dave, let's think this through rationally.
TG: rationally
TG: shit lalonde
TG: are you even listening to yourself
TG: whats rational about anything thats happened in the last oh
TG: lets say
TG: twenty seven hours forty one minutes thirty nine seconds
TG: the fact that i can even do that shows you how much rationality means in this shithole
TT: Dave, listen to me.
TT: You're free to wallow in your self-pity all you want. Go ahead. I'll wait.
TT: And when you're finished, you'll think you're an idiot for not realizing it sooner.
TT: We're still alive.
TT: We have an opportunity here, and if you want to go back and change all of this, then we have to seize upon it.
TG: who fucking knows if i even can change it
TG: maybe this was supposed to happen
TG: stable time loop achieved
TG: time to pack up and go the fuck home
TG: oh wait
TT: Right, because lingering on the alternatives is much more productive. Get a hold of yourself, Strider.
TT: This session is lost. We can only work on the assumption that what's done can be undone.
TT: Which means that what matters now is pushing on and gathering data in order to prevent as many mistakes as possible.
TT: And we can only accomplish this effectively if we do this together.
TT: All you need to do is calm down.
TG: dont fucking tell me what to do
TG: seems to me this whole lets not be alone idea kind of banks on me going along with it
TG: which in itself kind of banks on me not telling you to shove it up your pretentious puckered ass
TT: That's fine. Let it out of your system.
TG: shut up
TG: christ
TG: i cant handle this shit rose
TT: Yes, you can.
TT: And not only can you, but you have to.
TG: yeah chokeheld into coping
TG: thatll work like a charm
TG: fuck me
TG: i want to delete her goddamn log but i cant even stop reading it
TT: Wait. Jade's?
TG: she was waiting for me
TG: she needed me
TG: she was scared
TG: and i was off hacking through imps
TG: may as well have been playing with my dick for all the good it did
TG: doesnt even seem important now
TG: good news is she forgives me
TG: bad news is i was fucking afk while she roasted to death which sort of trumps any kind of forgiveness ever
TT: I know you're always loathe to find yourself a candidate for redemption, but I don't think that's how it works.
TG: yeah because youre an expert on absolution
TG: did john preemptively forgive you for not stopping his stupid ass from plowing facefirst into his denizen
TG: guess not
TG: too bad
TG: he mightve actually listened to you
TG: so maybe this is all your fault
TT: Alright. I can see you can't be reasoned with in this state, so I'll leave you two things to think about.
TT: One: Fuck you.
TT: Two: We'll talk again when you're less of an insufferable prick.
TG: whatever