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It's not- these things change you. It was just so hopeless. All I could think was how - it was probably better that way. I stopped wanting to be found, I guess? [ martin exhales, frustrated with himself. ] It was -- bloody awful. And I'm being a downer. Sorry.
There's a place Peter sent people to. It's all - foggy, and gray, and cold, and - I think it was like a long beach, I don't remember much about it. Sometimes he did it to people who got in his way, or sometimes he was bored, or just - feeding his Patron. I dunno. It wasn't fun.
[ he bumps bj's leg with his. ]
I just mean - I get the loneliness thing. And I know things are - rocky, between us, but I'm around, I guess.
[ he bumps bj's leg with his. ]
I just mean - I get the loneliness thing. And I know things are - rocky, between us, but I'm around, I guess.
[he is bumped, but he is still very quiet]
Oh. Yeah, that sounds like a feasting ground. That's rough.
All sorts of fuckheads know what it's like to be lonely. You know what it's like to have everyone go on with their lives unable to hear you screaming.
I, uh. Respect that.
Oh. Yeah, that sounds like a feasting ground. That's rough.
All sorts of fuckheads know what it's like to be lonely. You know what it's like to have everyone go on with their lives unable to hear you screaming.
I, uh. Respect that.
--oh. [ that throws him slightly off kilter, but he's not unhappy to hear it. ] Thanks. Jon had to put up with a lot of nonsense from me here for a while. That kind of thing sticks in your head.
What?
[This comes out automatically, because that's how banter goes, because Ford is hardwired for comedy.]
[This comes out automatically, because that's how banter goes, because Ford is hardwired for comedy.]
Less than...??
[It takes Ford a long few seconds to parse it. Is he being literal, because 1+1 is less than three, that's true, but it's also not flirtatious enough to be what Bill means...
It is a vague memory of Mabel, combined with breaches where Ford has actually used the internet, that gives him the answer.]
Oh. A heart?
[It takes Ford a long few seconds to parse it. Is he being literal, because 1+1 is less than three, that's true, but it's also not flirtatious enough to be what Bill means...
It is a vague memory of Mabel, combined with breaches where Ford has actually used the internet, that gives him the answer.]
Oh. A heart?
[A hopeful look. He puts his left hand up, holding up index and middle fingers, and puts his right hand up in a clawed motion for index, middle and ring fingers. These are placed together to form what can loosely be called a heart]
Ladies and gentlemen, he CAN be taught!
Ladies and gentlemen, he CAN be taught!
Can I talk to you about something?
Yeah.
[ martin shoots him a sort of embarrassed look, but it's distinctly pleased at the same time. ]
Nice to have people to spend time with, too. I mean -
[ he makes a sort of confused face. ]
I - we're friends, right?
[ he honestly does not know. ]
The murder was definitely an accident?
[ martin shoots him a sort of embarrassed look, but it's distinctly pleased at the same time. ]
Nice to have people to spend time with, too. I mean -
[ he makes a sort of confused face. ]
I - we're friends, right?
[ he honestly does not know. ]
The murder was definitely an accident?
It's a little hard but you might know something.
Ya know how time is a little weird, and we come here from different points in time? Like, some of us came from the future, some the past, stuff like that?
Ya know how time is a little weird, and we come here from different points in time? Like, some of us came from the future, some the past, stuff like that?
Yeah... ok... well...
Fives, my brother, you know him. He's ahead of me. He came from the future. Or rather, he's ahead of me.
He... he saw how I die...
Fives, my brother, you know him. He's ahead of me. He came from the future. Or rather, he's ahead of me.
He... he saw how I die...
It happens after I go back, and who knows how long I'll be here. So, I could die tomorrow I could die years from now. That's just what everyone has, right?
I don't know.
Maybe I don't have a question, really. I just wanted to talk to someone who knows about death and dying.
I don't know.
Maybe I don't have a question, really. I just wanted to talk to someone who knows about death and dying.
I mean-
[ martin seems just as confused by his own statement. ]
We're sitting in a hallway playing with a snake together.
[ martin seems just as confused by his own statement. ]
We're sitting in a hallway playing with a snake together.
No pun intended.
[He frowns a little, out of confusion more than anything]
Huh.
It's just that this is the first time in a long-ass time where someone else said the 'f' word first.
[Quickly!]
It's great, don't get me wrong, I TOTALLY wanna be friends. It just takes two to tango and I didn't know you felt that way, Hushpuppy.
[He frowns a little, out of confusion more than anything]
Huh.
It's just that this is the first time in a long-ass time where someone else said the 'f' word first.
[Quickly!]
It's great, don't get me wrong, I TOTALLY wanna be friends. It just takes two to tango and I didn't know you felt that way, Hushpuppy.
I know. Maybe this just made it feel less abstract and more concrete.
Work with? Like... remains disposal?
Work with? Like... remains disposal?
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