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[manufactured]

NOAH ISAACS

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

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[manufactured]

...It seems this is going to be an interesting weekend.

[Given the fucking inability to keep our thoughts to ourselves.]

[scythegun]

That's one way to put it! I'm not sure "interesting" is the word I'd use to describe it.

[manufactured]

Dare I ask how you would?

[scythegun]

"Inconvenient", perhaps? This isn't exactly my idea of a good time.

[Who knows what I could accidentally display?]

[manufactured]

[...Well, that was the quickest example of self-demonstration I've ever seen. Though it does make me wonder what you're keeping from me.]

Surely it won't be that terrible.

[scythegun]

[It's not my fault! And besides, I'm not keeping anything important from you! I've been trying to work on that!]

...Well, this seems to be proving otherwise.

[manufactured]

[...dear god.]

It could be infinitely worse.

[It could be the entirety of August all over again.]

[scythegun]

...Fair. I absolutely don't want to deal with any of that again.

[manufactured]

...Yes. Likewise.

[...Yeah, okay, that is weird, responding to the thoughts and not the words...]

[scythegun]

At least things are mostly calmer now. I had fun fighting monsters, but I'm glad we're not stuck fighting them all the time!

[manufactured]

I'm more concerned about the sudden displacement in location, to be blunt - hopefully that isn't something that can just occur at random.

[scythegun]

Mm, no that is a large concern. Winding up somewhere at random again certainly would be a problem, but hopefully that isn't something that can or will happen again.

[manufactured]

...We'll have to see, I suppose.

[scythegun]

Unfortunately that seems to be all we can do in that sort of situation! Here's hoping it doesn't happen again.

[manufactured]

[That just gets a quiet noise out of him - well, that and another line of text.

Hopefully we'll both manage slightly better if it does.]

[scythegun]

[Jaeger opens his mouth to respond, then thinks better of it. The thought gets across anyway.

I'm so sorry about that. I shouldn't have sent you those texts. I never wanted anyone to see me like that.]

[manufactured]

[...That. Hm.

Do you believe that I think less of you for it?]

[scythegun]

[I don't think so? You don't treat me any differently. But I should have held it together better. I shouldn't have dumped all of that onto you; I shouldn't have been that weak in the first place.

Jaeger shifts a bit where he's sitting, glancing away but not speaking up.]

[manufactured]

[I did the same thing to Elda.

...He never did tell you who he did that to, did he. Well, there we have it, he supposes.]

[scythegun]

[Of course it isn't long before he looks up and some part of him isn't really surprised by the words he finds there.

I'm so sorry I couldn't be there for you when you needed it. I think it's good you didn't send me those texts, though. I don't know how I would have handled them.]

[manufactured]

[It's hardly your fault we were sent to separate locations like that. And I doubt I would have told you any of that even if we were in the same place besides.]

[scythegun]

[I know, but... I want to feel like there was something I could have done. I know there wasn't.]

[manufactured]

[The text that happens after that is immediate.

Stop trying to take responsibility for me.]

[scythegun]

[I'm not trying to take responsibility for you, I just want to help.]

[manufactured]

[You don't have to. If you have so much confidence in my ability to handle things, it's not necessary.]