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[manufactured]

NOAH ISAACS

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

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[scythegun]

[That gets a smile and he'll join Wesker immediately.]

Ja, of course! I know it must be so painful to be without me for so long... How was your day?

[manufactured]

A bit dull, but not terrible; just spending time, really.

[He seems fine, at any rate.]

Yours...?

[scythegun]

Mm, nothing much to report. It was a bit of a slow day, really.

[Which would normally irritate him a bit more, but it gave him time to think, so it's fine.]

[manufactured]

Once in a while days like that are welcome.

[Kind of a lot to think about nowadays, isn't there.]

[scythegun]

Indeed! I did have a few things to think about...

[...]

Like being another year older! I'll never get used to being thirty-six!

[manufactured]

Thirty-six wasn't terrible for me, if I'm remembering it correctly. Nothing to differentiate it too much from thirty-five, at any rate.

[Yes, yes, he knows.]

We ought to go out somewhere, if you're feeling amenable to it.

[scythegun]

Oh, of course, I'd like that!

[That gets him to grin, although...]

...It better not be the waffle house.

[...he can't even pretend to be irritated by that, though...]

[manufactured]

Perhaps I can be generous today. Wherever you want.

[Holy shit, it's not the waffle house.]

[scythegun]

[It's not the waffle house!!]

You're so kind, Albert~ I've got a couple of restaurants in mind, but after that can we get on top of a building nearby? I really do enjoy that, you know!

[manufactured]

[Oh...]

If that's what you would like, I wouldn't mind it.

[scythegun]

Of course! It really is nice to see the city from up there... Though I suppose the view won't be all that nice right now...

[...Well, it's not like he'll mind all that much!!! Sure, the view's nice, but he's here for being that close to you, okay.]

I'm sure it'll be fun anyway!

[manufactured]

...I'm sure it will be fine, Jaeger, don't let it concern you too much. It's more about the experience anyway, I'm assuming.

[scythegun]

Well, yes, of course! It really is a lot of fun, even if I worry about your legs on the descent!

[Thanks for not directly calling him out...]

[manufactured]

[You're welcome.]

I haven't broken them yet.

[scythegun]

..."Yet"... You're hopefully not going to!

[manufactured]

It will just heal in a matter of minutes anyway.

[scythegun]

Still... That would be really painful... Just try to be careful, ja?

[manufactured]

[He reaches out then, running one of his hands through Jaeger's hair.]

I try not to let anything hurt me, even if it'll heal. I know you don't like that.

[It's gentle, though.]

[scythegun]

[He'll lean into it immediately, as always.]

I know you do, and it means a lot to me. I know you can heal from quite a lot, and I don't mean to sound like I don't believe that or anything... I just don't want you to get hurt.

[manufactured]

There's not much pain in it, you know. Even when there probably should be. There are a few exceptions, but usually it isn't anything that slows me down any.

[scythegun]

Really? I'm not surprised that it doesn't slow you down, but I thought that you'd still feel the same amount of pain.

[Though given what he saw in that dream... Well, that makes a lot of sense, really.]

Still... I don't like the idea of you getting hurt, even if it isn't difficult to heal, and even if it doesn't hurt all that much.

[manufactured]

You know you don't have to worry about me.

[So much hair-playing, okay.]

[scythegun]

And you know I'm always going to anyway.

[It's gentle though, of course. The hair-playing's really nice, don't stop, okay...]

[manufactured]

Of course I do.

[...]

Have you been all right today...? I know it's likely been a bit strange, given the past year.

[scythegun]

...Yes, it has been a bit strange. Part of that is because of the blastia, of course...

[His left hand rests over it for a moment before he catches himself and lowers it.]

But I've also been thinking about just how much things have changed. This time last year was... incredibly difficult. I have a hard time thinking back to it, to be honest. It was all incredibly overwhelming, and I couldn't even imagine being able to look back on it.

[Not to say he didn't think he'd live long enough or anything like that, it was just incredibly hard to look toward the future.]

...I never would have imagined that I'd be married and in a much happier place. It's still a little difficult to consider it, but I'm doing much better than I was last year. I think I'll always have some trouble with the blastia, but I've come a long way since then.