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[ecchymosis]

you know the drill.

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[aljaz]

hey I'm super nice when I want to. am I not nice to you? ;p

other than the fact she seems incapable of writing my name right? she reminds me of myself

[ecchymosis]

so nice i had to kill you twice. i think that says everything i need to say.

which part of you was it?

[aljaz]

you liked that, it was my gift for you. friends do things for friends right? :)

a pretty old one, the kind you thought you had managed to smother to death but keeps coming back

[ecchymosis]

[ he won't contest that; he did enjoy cutting the life out of her body, much as he's loathe to admit it. ]

you're one reason i don't want friends, xan.

your memories aren't what they used to be, i'm guessing.

[aljaz]

we all need people, even good old me, if only to remember what being a human is supposed to look like

I'm a little bit of everyone I've taken, after all

memories, traits, thoughts, it's a bit of a mess up here, or up in any of my other heads

[ecchymosis]

you've taken on a lot of people in all the time i've known you, thorne.

[ too many faces, too many stolen names. june's seen most of them, but her smile ties them all together in the end. ]

do you ever miss it? who you were before?

[aljaz]

comes with the territory, not to mention the job. dying is easy once it loses its meaning

need to be pretty darn drunk to think of a serious answer to that. maybe? do you?

[ecchymosis]

you're never the same person every single time i've met you.

[ it's quite literal, that. june's never seen xanthippe as she is - her body's long turned to ash before he was even born. ]

i can't miss what i don't know.

[aljaz]

surely you've met the same me at least twice, the me at headquarters is almost a year old, i think? maybe not

I was there when you were brought in you know? although glory was very clear that I wasn't to mess with you for a while. ever wondered how life would've been if you had just done as you were told?

[ecchymosis]

[ well, that's one way to sour a conversation. thanks, xan. ]

the double you left at HQ? no one's home upstairs, with that one.

and you don't have to tell me about my luck, xan. i'm well fucking aware how badly i fucked up.

[aljaz]

[ well this is Xan he's talking to ]

I know! I get lonely sometimes, but Ripley comes to visit when she has time, and even glory, although she's ever the busy bee. Somebody gotta hold the fort

also, I think the clerical staff is scared of me :p

did you though? are you not content with your current life? you have power, influence, a kickass dental plan. surely that has to count for something

[ecchymosis]

[ he needs no reminder, thank you. ]

the trinity of horrors, i'm terrified.

[ he sort of is, though, to be honest. especially with gloriana; something about her makes june's blood run cold. ]

i'm a glorified hunting dog. let's be clear on that, because i have no illusions about what the dome wants out of me.

[aljaz]

you live a couple of centuries and then come tell me about it. it's nice to know that at least someone can relate.

[ She won't deny that they're monsters though, because that's the truth. Few names make the people of the dome nervous, after all. ]

eh, may be so, but personally i find the whole ancestral family duty deal to be quite the poppycock. just live and learn, and try to enjoy the time you have left.

[ecchymosis]

i don't want to be like you. it's a lot of hassle.

[ it's a lot of chances to be left behind, too. june doesn't need it. ]

easy for someone like you to say, though. you have all the time in the world if wanted.