… I always thought it'd be fun to be a meteorologist. Guess you know me better than I thought, huh? I even started a podcast the summer before uni, but I had to drop it pretty early on. Would've been nice to keep it going.
[ he looks almost shy about it, like it's something he's never actually said aloud before. ]
My parents always wanted me to come back eventually. But… the compromise was that I could study wherever I wanted, as long as it was in business.
Guaranteed employment is something to be happy about, yeah? Especially in this economy. Worse comes to worst, it means I can always take care of you. Heheh. I'll employ you and have you run all sorts of odd jobs. Please look forward to it.
[ don't just wish your boyfriend unemployment??? ]
You can at least give me a rundown on the current state of affairs. How tenuous is the current status quo? Are there still dissenters that are waiting to rise up? What if they go for you next to get the resources to topple Scien's regime?
That's the kind of information I want to hear.
[ this is a university laboratory environment in a first world country ]
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[ he looks almost shy about it, like it's something he's never actually said aloud before. ]
My parents always wanted me to come back eventually. But… the compromise was that I could study wherever I wanted, as long as it was in business.
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Are you happy?
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Guaranteed employment is something to be happy about, yeah? Especially in this economy. Worse comes to worst, it means I can always take care of you. Heheh. I'll employ you and have you run all sorts of odd jobs. Please look forward to it.
[ don't just wish your boyfriend unemployment??? ]
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[ elysium is wishing for thorns' degree to be useless...
but whoa, 'always' is a very big word to use there. he is not sure if elysium noticed. ]
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he continues to be chipper. ]
Do you feel like proving me wrong more than ever?
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[ there's a pause, and then he adds, ]
Unless you were excited to boss me around at your job...?
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[ no, thorns just looks normal. maybe his mouth shifts one pixel upward but that one pixel makes such a big difference? ]
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[ he knows what he means... ]
When you get back, you'll probably have to live closer to the firm, right?
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[ he will not mention the part where it's an hour's flight away and he had to drive to get here incognito. he is, as thorns believes, crazy. ]
How have things been at the lab? Since you guys splintered into two factions?
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[ IN A UNIVERSITY LAB? ]
But it's fine now.
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—A what?
[ SNAPS TO STARE AT THORNS SO FAST. HELLO? ]
No, I don't think it's fine at all. Explain.
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They're not strong enough to handle Scien though.
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elysium makes a note to look into this while looking faintly ill. ]
So… it's still yours against Scien's? I thought you guys called a truce by trading samples?
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[ this is so complicated. ]
But it's fine.
[ he just emphasizes this. ]
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[ grabs his cheeks like so. ]
What kind of trouble have you been getting into…
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[ sorry but elysium is not going to get a better explanation from thorns. thorns genuinely thinks this is an adequate summary. ]
You overthink.
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presses his bruise again. ]
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he turns his face so that he can bite him. die. ]
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[ YANKS HIS HAND AWAY FROM HIS JAWS!!!! ]
Try that one again.
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no touchy... ]
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I'd prefer to hear things from you than other people.
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[ that thorns personally thinks is important. he is not worried at all, so he does not get why elysium is. ]
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That's the kind of information I want to hear.
[ this is a university laboratory environment in a first world country ]
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[ thorns will simply kill them?
see, thorns tricks people by not being as obviously crazy as scien is, but he still controls the lab to an insane degree. ]
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