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week 7; tuesday
[Yeager usually stops by Duke's room early - he likes keeping tabs on the people who are important to him and it's especially important with Duke. He's still not convinced that Duke is entirely safe, so these check-ins put his mind at ease (at least until the end of the day, usually).
He knocks loudly and obnoxiously on Duke's door, as he's done every morning since after Leo's execution.]
Good morning, Duke~!
He knocks loudly and obnoxiously on Duke's door, as he's done every morning since after Leo's execution.]
Good morning, Duke~!
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[Duke and Top Dollar are great and they've been keeping him sane, but he wouldn't have made it this far if he ever stopped to consider that he couldn't go home. They might not make it out of here - that's a possibility he's only briefly considered and stopping to think about it now will only break him. The only way for him to survive is to keep moving and assume that everything will work out, somehow.]
It's strange to think about. No matter where we end up going, two of us are going to be feeling very odd in the world. If we go to yours, Yuri and I will have a lot to catch up on. If we go to his, you and I will have to relive experiences. I still don't know how it's possible for them to pull us from different points in time.
[And it's kind of strange to think about too. Does that mean that Duke's world has a different Yuri?]
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[ ... To both things. Duke knows for sure if he looked at things from a pessimistic angle, then that would be all he needed to spiral out of control. What he had done with Tarquaron was because he was too cynical and pessimistic of anything else working out in the first place. It seems like remaining optimistic was key... ]
I am not sure either... and I am also not sure if I would be able to comprehend it even if an explanation somehow managed to make itself apparent along the way.
[ He takes a small pause. Does he want to relive experiences? He just ... makes a sort of face at that (kind of like he doesn't know what expression to pick but it is possibly closest to 'unsure'). ]
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Don't worry too much about it right now, ja? We still have plenty of things to work through first!
[Like whatever mess will happen at the end of this week (yikes) and the aftermath of the secrets reveal (yikes)... Not to mention whatever happens next week...]
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At the very least they had discussed matters of pertinence. ]
... That is true.
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[Well, he could only be serious for so long...]
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I do not see that happening unless he does something incredibly foolish.
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[Because he can't actually be nice to Yuri for five seconds even behind closed doors. It's Difficult, Duke. You wouldn't understand!!!!!!]
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[ Okay, not really, but. ]
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[you literally just joked about yuri dying what part of that is incredible]
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[ Duke is being the number one critic of Yeager's lovely sense of humor again. ]
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Well, I suppose I might have deserved that one.
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[ For some reason, this is where may Duke find his amusement here, and he raises a hand (his free one) to cover his mouth, because he is almost tempted to laugh. ]
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[HE'S ALSO TRYING REALLY HARD NOT TO LAUGH.]
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[ He lowers the hand, albeit in a slow, hesitating manner that lends towards a sense of bashfulness, even though there's the small smile clearly on his face. ]
...I suppose that is just how it is.