video;

[upshore]

[There's a man in his late 20s on the screen, and he looks tired. Not like he hasn't been sleeping well - though that, too - but like 'tired' is just generally a state of being for him. His hands are out of frame. He's going to keep it that way.]

Not to diss Raine and Heather, without whom I would be dead, and I am very grateful for their help, I've got a question. Out of curiosity, are there any doctors here? Gonna be clear here - I don’t mean maniacs with rusty shears, I don’t mean someone with a penchant for making people into unwilling human guinea pigs for whatever the fuck, I don’t mean Dr. Strangelove’s crazier Nazi cousin who’s trying to turn mental patients into batteries for nanomachines with more tubes in them than that one senator guy called the internet.

‘Cause before I let anyone come near me with so much as a stethoscope in future, I’m going to need to see some medical credentials.

[A pause, and then:]

Also, if anyone comes at me dressed as a priest, this is the only warning you’ll get that I am going to set you on fucking fire. It worked on the last guy.

Comments

[Video]

[upshore]

That's good, then. If so many of us have "unorthodox weapons or abilities" like you said, then a constant state of detente might make things a little uncomfortable.

Re: [Video]

[purered]

Uncomfortable would be an understatement. That's been the state of Jerusalem's Lot since the collision with the Beyond.

Things here are... considerably more peaceful. That isn't to say there is nothing going on, but... it is less... explosive.

[Video]

[upshore]

I feel the need to ask about what you just said, and I also feel that I would not understand a word of it. So, starting off: Jerusalem's Lot?

Good. I could use a modicum of peace.