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NOAH ISAACS

Albert Wesker. Pharmaceutical Research and Development. This surely won't end poorly.

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...Some of them are my notes, some of them appear to be the old man's.

[So you can imagine what a trip those have been.]

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...Are you okay?

[You seem to be fine, but that... sounds really bad, honestly...]

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I believe so. As I said, it's more surreal than anything.

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I'm glad that you're doing okay, at least. What did his notes say?

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You're welcome to look at them.

[He'll pass them over easily enough; they're...well. They certainly are, anyway.]

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[He makes it through the first sentence before this expression starts.]

...I see.

[He finishes the paragraph and the expression only gets more exasperated.]

...I see.

[He'll actually shut up while reading the rest of it, but the look doesn't fade any. When he's finally done he'll hand it back, trying to figure out what the hell to say to all of that.]

He certainly sounds... charming. Why didn't he mention you at all? Do you know?

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He thought I was dead.

[It took him a moment to work that out when he first read it, don't worry.]

He refers to Alex as the last of his children... Alex was my sister, she falsified documents claiming that I had died. I assume these were written before he found out that I was still alive.

[scythegun]

Oh, that's interesting. Why did she falsify those documents? Did you ask her to?

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...No. I wasn't even aware that she had done it until I received them here.

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Do you think she was trying to look out for you?

[It's the first thing he thinks of, but he's honestly not sure that's the reason. It wouldn't surprise him if there was some other, far more complicated reason for claiming Wesker was dead.]

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[It's...possible, perhaps, but...]

...I don't know. I don't remember her at all. I just know that she was around my age, and we were apparently both part of Spencer's project.

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I'm sure you'll remember more about her at some point. You'll tell me when you do, ja?

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Of course.

[He passes over the other set of notes he received; the handwriting is immediately recognizable as Wesker's.]

Meanwhile, it seems that I wasn't much better than Spencer, in several regards.

[scythegun]

[He recognizes Wesker's handwriting and takes a moment to mentally prepare himself before he reads it.

Honestly, he was expecting something along these lines, but it's still really surreal to read it. It takes him a bit longer to hand this one back, not because he wants to hold onto it but because he really isn't sure what to say.]

...You certainly were convinced that this was something that needed to happen.

[That's... probably the most polite way he can word it?? You were a little crazy, um.]

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...That's one way of putting it.

[JAEGER.]

[scythegun]

[HE TRIED????]

Well, I couldn't find any better way to word that...!

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I did believe it to be necessary, but...

[...]

...I usually wasn't quite as...aggressive about it, when it was being discussed.

[scythegun]

That's good! This was certainly a bit... much...

[He is trying so hard, Wesker. So hard.]

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There's a reason I don't want to sympathize with the person I was in my past life.

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I understand.

[He moves to rest a hand on Wesker's shoulder.]

I'll always be here if there's anything you want to talk about.

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I know. And I am all right still, it was just surreal reading all of that.

[scythegun]

Of course, I can only imagine how strange that must have been... I'm glad you're doing okay though, even after all that.

[He squeezes Wesker's shoulder briefly.]

You really are doing well lately. I'm really happy to see it.

[If you'd received either of these any earlier, he doubts you would've been okay, honestly...]

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...I'm doing what I can. It's still incredibly difficult, but it hasn't seemed quite as insurmountable lately.

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I'm really happy to hear that. I know things are going to be difficult, and they might not get any easier, but I think it's a good thing that you're able to handle them a bit better.

I know you'll always find a way to make it through because you aren't the sort to give up, no matter what you face. But even so... the strength to keep pushing forward really is admirable.

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[That gets a quiet noise out of him.]

I still say that I don't have much choice.