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GUNTHER SCHWARZ

Jaeger. Leviathan's Claw owner. Not particularly pleased to be here.

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[scythegun]

[Jaeger understands a bit better now. Wesker has plenty of reason to want to keep this all inside his head instead of talking about it. Maybe he's not ignoring it like Jaeger would, but talking about it solidifies it, makes it impossible to dismiss. Maybe he shouldn't press Wesker into talking about these sorts of things, but his curiosity is overwhelming. And if Wesker really is the man from his memories (he isn't, he can't be) then shouldn't Jaeger get to know the other man as well as he possibly can?

He'd said he wouldn't like the other Wesker. But is that really the case?

The silence lasts for too long before Wesker breaks it, and Jaeger doesn't rush him even after he has. This is a lot to deal with for anyone, but Wesker seems to have the worst of it.]

You're right. We're probably overreacting, aren't we? Until we have solid proof of it, we shouldn't let it get to us.

[Those kids seemed convinced that what they were saying was the truth, but it's easier to believe that they were misled.]

[manufactured]

We shouldn't, no.

[There's still entirely too much tension behind his words, however, a sort of tautness that he can't shake off; he quite suddenly doesn't want to be here, but he doesn't want to just get up and leave, either.]

...I'll be fine in a few days. Right now it's just a bit much, that's all.

[scythegun]

It is. We've just been through something horrible and with memories on top of that... well, it's a lot to take in.

[He's not sure he really believes that Wesker will be fine, but he'll be better in a few days.]

[manufactured]

It is.

[...]

My apologies for all of this - it isn't anything you should be dealing with, particularly on top of everything else.

[scythegun]

It's not as though you dumped this on me, I asked! Besides, I don't mind hearing it. I want to help you however I can, you know!

[There's just nothing he can do for Wesker now.]

[manufactured]

Perhaps. But there's nothing to be done right now, and even if there was, my memories are hardly your responsibility.

[scythegun]

I know they aren't.

[And some part of him is glad he doesn't have to deal with Wesker's memories. He's not sure he could handle it.]

If there's ever anything I can do, let me know.

[manufactured]

[Jaeger...]

...You're doing enough.

[scythegun]

I'm glad to hear it!

[He really is, given that it gets him to settle a bit where he's sitting.]

[manufactured]

[That...likewise gets him to relax a bit; the tension doesn't leave him entirely, but it's starting to abate a little, at least.]

Believe me, if that weren't the case you would know it.

[scythegun]

[Oh...]

Ja, I'm sure I would! Though I'd hate to imagine things would ever get to that point!

[manufactured]

I doubt they will, what with how things have been going.

[scythegun]

I'm pleased to hear that!

[No really, that's reassuring and he looks just as happy as he sounds.]

Not that I ever had any doubts, of course.

[manufactured]

...You really are a poor liar, when it comes to things like this.

[He sounds amused, though; he's calming down a good amount, anyway, which is likely a good thing.]

[scythegun]

Only because you know how to read me so well! Most people would have been fooled!

[He can't even manage a fake pout though; he really is pleased that Wesker knows him this well.]

[manufactured]

Perhaps I like it that way.

[The idea of being able to read someone when most people can't...it's not how things usually are for him, granted, but he does like it.]

[scythegun]

Well, maybe I'm not all that opposed to it!

[It's kind of nice to have someone who can see through his bullshit.]

[manufactured]

I imagine I'd know it if you were.

[...or he'd be able to tell, one way or another.]

[scythegun]

Ja, you would! You know me better than anyone else, after all!

[manufactured]

[That just gets a quiet noise out of him while he goes back to toying with that pen, glancing down at what he'd been writing earlier, when Jaeger had walked in; for now he's content to set it aside entirely and just let himself relax a bit. This is...nice, it's normal despite everything that's going on, and honestly it's sort of flattering? It's flattering in a way that he's not altogether sure what to do with, so he just kind of...won't, though it's clear that he's pleased with all of this even if he's not saying much of anything at all.]

[scythegun]

[It's good that Wesker's calmed down some and the silence feels comfortable. He's content to leave it for a little while, but Jaeger's never been very good at staying quiet. He'll eventually speak up, tipping his head a bit in the direction of Wesker's desk.]

What were you working on?

[manufactured]

Notes on some things that I've remembered.

[...Ah.]

Not the things we've been discussing, per se - more about the people in the memories than the memories themselves.

[scythegun]

Oh, something to help organize everything or something along those lines?

[manufactured]

More or less. Some people also tend to appear more than others; I like keeping what I've recalled about them reasonably straight.

[scythegun]

That makes sense. I haven't written anything down yet, but maybe I should.

[Since it sounds like ignoring everything isn't really an option anymore.]