[Perhaps she will return, then. A few days is hardly anything. I've been gone a month, and here I am.
[That's what D33 should be thinking. It's not uncommon at all for ImPorts to come and go in such a way. Surely there should be some sort of hope, some sense of reassurance that perhaps she isn't gone forever.
[But it never reaches D33. The news hits him the same way staring at a gravestone would. She isn't coming back. He never even takes a moment to doubt it.
[It's a very long time before the next message comes through - several hours, even, while he deals with anything but that.
[Eventually, it catches up to him, and he opens up their conversation again. The message Duo receives is as strange as it sounds.]
[There's another lengthy pause between messages, followed by a simple (and probably somewhat surprising):]
Yes.
[Not "very well" or "I suppose" - just yes, and thereby a small admission that he does, in fact, need something right now. That isn't easy for D33 to admit, and yet, he's finding it exceptionally difficult to posture at the moment.]
Happy Dad ;-;
Y!!
What do you remember? Did you return home?
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[Pause.]
Where is K31?
[As if he doesn’t already know the answer.]
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[ow]
Sorry
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How long?
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[That's what D33 should be thinking. It's not uncommon at all for ImPorts to come and go in such a way. Surely there should be some sort of hope, some sense of reassurance that perhaps she isn't gone forever.
[But it never reaches D33. The news hits him the same way staring at a gravestone would. She isn't coming back. He never even takes a moment to doubt it.
[It's a very long time before the next message comes through - several hours, even, while he deals with anything but that.
[Eventually, it catches up to him, and he opens up their conversation again. The message Duo receives is as strange as it sounds.]
I've killed her.
Do you realize?
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[Good thing he has the self awareness to Not.]
Need to chat somewhere? I'm free.
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Yes.
[Not "very well" or "I suppose" - just yes, and thereby a small admission that he does, in fact, need something right now. That isn't easy for D33 to admit, and yet, he's finding it exceptionally difficult to posture at the moment.]
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