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Okay, so not to be ungrateful--because I really appreciate being fished out of the ocean and given a crash course, really, I do--but the whole time thing? Things are just frozen, back where we came from, is that it?
( He pauses for a moment, and huffs. Perceptive listeners will be able to tell that he sounds exhausted, more so when he continues. )
Yeah, I find that a little hard to swallow. More than this place, even. Has there been any verification, on that? Or am I just supposed to assume the nice people fishing me out of the ocean were telling the truth?
( Another pause, some muttering that isn't quite audible, though there may be a curse or two in there. Something about deserving this? Who knows. And then, just as unceremoniously as it began, the feed cuts. )
( He pauses for a moment, and huffs. Perceptive listeners will be able to tell that he sounds exhausted, more so when he continues. )
Yeah, I find that a little hard to swallow. More than this place, even. Has there been any verification, on that? Or am I just supposed to assume the nice people fishing me out of the ocean were telling the truth?
( Another pause, some muttering that isn't quite audible, though there may be a curse or two in there. Something about deserving this? Who knows. And then, just as unceremoniously as it began, the feed cuts. )
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[Eyeroll. But, hey... she kind of liked the snarky reaction.]
They've got some sort of industrial grade kiddie gate keeping us in for whatever they want from us. I hear you can't even swim away.
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Considering the condition I was in when they pulled me out of the water in the first place? That doesn't surprise me. You wouldn't bring a bunch of people here like this unless you could hold them. It'd be suicidal otherwise.
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[A smug smile. You're not half-bad, buddy.]
I get the feeling you don't beat around the bush. That's a pretty blunt assessment for a newbie here.
[Though not inaccurate.]
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( Why thank you. He'd like to think so. )
Guess I really just don't see the point. Some people pretend not to figure stuff out, others just can't. I'm neither.
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[On that note: She would kill for some cheap, deep-fried Chinese food right now.]
My name's Ororo, by the way. [Since he seems to be someone that doesn't actually recognise her, phew.] And honestly? I'm somewhere in the middle of that scale. What's going on here is way over my head and I can't decide if it's worth sorting out or not.
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( Which wouldn't be so bad, really. He makes a great fried omelet. )
Ororo, huh? ( He says it like he's testing it out. ) That's... ( foreign ) pretty. I'm Clint.
And I think it's worth a shot. But maybe that's just because I haven't had too much time to get the headache, yet.
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[She smiles, playful; it's been a while since she's run into a good sense of humour.]
Maybe if I was a genius I could do it. [She shrugs.] It's just a mess. The first thing is whether we're even dead or what. Personally, I'm too young to be dead, thanks.
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( he pauses for a moment, then: )
I'm probably not, but I still prefer the other option.