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[ichoosefight]

"I'm not here right now, but leave me a message and I'll call you right back!"

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[ichoosefight]

What difference does that make? Your friends care about you, even if they don't know your whole life story.

[alreadywon]

[there's another short break.]

this was a mistake. sorry.

1/2

[ichoosefight]

Tim, please

[ Gah, she's having flashbacks. Flashbacks of flashbacks, even. ]

2/2

[ichoosefight]

I know I'm the last person you want to hear this from and I have no right to say it at all, but please don't leave. Stay in town. Stay with the people who care about you and want to make you feel better. It doesn't have to be me, I'll stay away forever if that's what you want, just don't try to do this on your own.

[alreadywon]

[What is he supposed to say to that? Maybe he's supposed to be on his own. Objectively, he knows that he chose a life where his friends and family were going to be in heightened danger, that it's not (always) his fault when someone dies. But he can't help but feel like the common factor, and Bruce may not be dead this time but it still feels like a wake-up call to just stop kidding himself and pretending otherwise. And maybe he just doesn't want to be around other people right now, doesn't want to wonder if or when they're going to be ripped out of his life, too.

So for now, he just leaves it unanswered.]