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i tried.
thats all i can really say.
despite it all you turned out fucking awesome.
dont ever let anybody tell you otherwise.
especially me.
if i ever disappear and another one of me shows up.
and he ever tries to say youre less than fucking perfect.
then its cuz he aint saw what ive seen.
he just hasnt opened his eyes like i have.
i know i can be a hardass.
so if i go and one of em comes, you just think of me.
ok?

i love ya, man.

[What is there to say to that?]

ok

thanks bro you know for everything

[closest he'll come right now to the words Bro just said. It's actually even deeper than that. It's like that and all the things he hasn't said. Being raised by Bro makes for a complicated kid.]

[There's really not much to say. His conversation with John was just kind of a real eye opener. It made him realize how important it is to say the shit you need to say before it's too late. He didn't say anything before they started playing SBURB, and that was a mistake. But at least he could say it now. Even if it's sappy as fuck.]

youre welcome.
yknow, for everything.

and i guess consider this an IOU for a hug.
considering i aint there so i cant.
id say were about due for one anyway wouldnt you?
yeah.

so long as you dont break my back with it
lets be honest here
youre a damn bear and wed be playing out the nut cracker

[As round about as he's being, he's accepting that maybe he does need some comfort sometimes. He just...can't ask for it. Bro didn't raise him to express his feelings and all this stuff is confusing as fuck at times.]

yeah yeah relax man.
your nuts are safe.
i have no intention of cracking them.

so uh i heard about that Other Father guy leaving.
when he talked about you, it sounded like you two were pretty close.
or at least he seemed to like you.
at first it was pretty weird and i thought he was like some creepy pedo guy.
but i realized he was just like that i guess.
anyway.
you holding up ok?

[He's a little nervous about asking, if only because... Quite honestly, the idea that OF had looked out for Dave while he wasn't there made him a little jealous. But if Dave's upset about it, he's not going to be an ass about it and not talk to him if he needs it.]

he wasnt a bad dude
we were friends but i get the impression no version of me was super tight with him
i dont do the whole dad thing in the normal way
its too weird
not how i was raised

did a lot of thinking about it but im ok
the one that isnt is john
i think they were super close and it was a lot like losing his dad again
he always put this big deal into things like that
probably because
i dunno
because he misses his own
dunno if he knows what is going to happen to the guy
im not about to tell him either
or about whats in store for anyone not at my time point
call it a habit
i say something and shit son were in a doomed line

i take this shit super seriously because it has to be
i also dont dwell on it
thats the thing you dont over think time
or it will fuck you up

[Oh. Well... He won't say it but that makes him feel better. A lot better. He knew John was attached to the guy though, which is why he was so damn nice to him. Well that, and aside from the fact that it's his birthday. But either way, he's... rather glad to hear that Dave wasn't so close to the guy.]

oh.
yeah i guess youre right.
alright then.
i just wanted to check.

but yeah i know john aint all that happy about it.
we already talked.
i tried playing the cheer up game and i think it worked a little.

and i guess ill refrain from making your life any harder by asking complex questions about what the fuck happens in my future.
i honestly dont really care that much.
doesnt really matter, does it?
im here now and thats what fucking matters.
no sense dwelling on shit that isnt even going to technically happen anymore since i aint there.

but uh.
just between you and me.
are you saying he died?
egbert senior, i mean.

yeah he did

i heard about it later
after some shit went down

[After Rose went Grimdark and died, and he was shot full of holes. No big deal.]

anyway
im fine

[Just don't ask him why he froze the hell up like Dirk did at the concert.]

im not really surprised.

[But it... sucks to hear. Between Egbert dying and Lalonde, well...

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that he himself probably offed it at some point, too. He went into the entire thing knowing it was a distinct possibility. There've been subtle hints in the way Dave acts that just make it more and more obvious. This? This is outright confirmation. He's not going to say anything, though. Dave clearly wouldn't want to talk about it and he... Doesn't really either.

But this is exactly why he decided to start this conversation in the first place. To say the shit he needed to say in the event he ever did die, since he obviously does at some point. And disappearing from this place is pretty much dying, all things considered.]

but yeah. better not tell john.
thatd just make shit harder for him i think.
seems hard enough without throwing that hard top of it all.

glad to hear it.
so i guess ill let you get off to whatever it is youre doing.
its his birthday so im assuming youve got shit planned.
dont let me interrupt.

[He, meanwhile, is probably just going to go sit down and do a lot of thinking. Mostly about death.

How exciting.]

were not really doing anything
jades gone
her point in the timeline wasnt a bad one but theres a lot of stuff ahead of her
john and rose arent taking this well at all

[Neither is he.]

were sitting on the couch
i got plans to stay the fuck here with them tonight
binge on ice cream till i pop or something

well i guess thats a silver lining right?
she aint going back to a world full of shit.

[She isn't dying. That's at least good.]

regardless im gonna let you go anyway.
i got some shit to think about.
enjoy that ice cream.
dont explode too hard.
if you vomit, make sure you do it on johns shoes.
nah im kidding.
but yeah.
ttyl man.

ok
talk to you later

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