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hearrrtofgoldFor all the complaints about magic things happening this doesn't seem that bad. That flood thing? [Duke lifts both hands palm-upward and shrugs, the quintessential "I dunno" gesture.] Weird, but from what I can tell we made it through all right. Which isn't to say it doesn't suck to be here, just that there are worse conditions to live in.
[Ah, the naïveté of a new passenger.]
A skating rink, for instance. How many prisons do you know that have those? Or a bar, or a spa. In most places you'd be lucky to clip your toenails, let alone broil in a sauna. If you're Norwegian, you're automatically disqualified from answering.
My point is, what's missing? What do you still want that isn't here? There's got to be something, all of you. Yeah, even the wardens - I'm looking at you, guys.
[Ah, the naïveté of a new passenger.]
A skating rink, for instance. How many prisons do you know that have those? Or a bar, or a spa. In most places you'd be lucky to clip your toenails, let alone broil in a sauna. If you're Norwegian, you're automatically disqualified from answering.
My point is, what's missing? What do you still want that isn't here? There's got to be something, all of you. Yeah, even the wardens - I'm looking at you, guys.
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Date: 2014-02-18 05:37 am (UTC)Who's making things worse? I'm just saying, in terms of limbo dimensions where time is stuck and everyone's lost this one's pretty comfortable.
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Date: 2014-02-18 05:42 am (UTC)[There's a model of it on the maintenance desk by his elbow, nestled amongst the pencils and scraps of paper, just visible at the corner of the viewscreen.]
You're not superstitious at all, huh?
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Date: 2014-02-18 05:50 am (UTC)Depends on the superstition. [Tempting fate, contempt for fate - close enough.]
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Date: 2014-02-18 05:53 am (UTC)Extricating it carefully, Dean holds it up so Duke can see more clearly.]
That's her. Most faithful lady in my life. Rebuilt her almost from the ground up last y-... okay well it'll be last year once I go home. Been a couple years now, I guess, technically.
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Date: 2014-02-18 06:06 am (UTC)So, years plural. How long have you been here, exactly?
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Date: 2014-02-18 06:09 am (UTC)[Dean toys with the model while he considers that, though not very seriously; he spins the driver side front wheel idly and shakes his head.]
Just had my third Christmas here. Came in right before the first one. So a little over two years, give or take, not accounting for all the bullshit lives in between.
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Date: 2014-02-18 06:34 am (UTC)Three years. [Duke shakes his head; that's a long time to be away from home.] By choice?
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Date: 2014-02-18 06:44 am (UTC)No. [He grins,then.] I'm just not an exact kinda guy. Unless I am.
[And then a rolling shrug that starts somewhere between his eyebrows and barelytouches his shoulder.] Depends on who you ask. I mean yeah, I can give up and go home any time, but.
This is the only place I can sort out the shit I need sorted without making a bigger mess. So, a no on that end. Not many options out there for some of it.
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Date: 2014-02-18 06:52 am (UTC)Huh. [Duke gives Dean a brief half-smile, not out of amusement so much as sympathy.] Funny no one else has put it that way yet.
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Date: 2014-03-02 05:52 am (UTC)Well what can I say, I'm a natural with words.