"Never in my entire life did I ever think I'd be disappointed to hear you say that. You have no idea how much I'd rather talk about my less than dormant homosexual desires than this bullshit. That is exactly how dire this is, Rose." He follows that with a severe look so she knows just how sincere he is about all of this, but he's untensing ever so slowly. It's her. She's younger and it's weird, but it's her. It's hard not to be overwhelmed with how much he missed her, it's hard to keep up the arm-length approach to affection that the Strilondes have perfected over the years.
Hugs later. Maybe. Real talk now or it will never happen and he'll embarrass himself more.
"Yeah, Anna clued me in. She's great, you'll love her. She's uh.." Dating Bro. That's a minefield. "I'll catch you up on the gossip later." He nods both to her and himself. Nice save. "The older version of you was definitely from another timeline. Or a time loop? Kind of back to square one and reversed backwards where my Bro and your Mom were the kids and we did a crap job raising them for once. Also one where the Troll Empress found her way to Earth and enslaved it. She had a real hate-on for all of the ones we have here because of it." He circles his hand through the air has he goes on, then it goes limp when she makes her last enquiry.
"About a month or so since the last one. They run in cycles, bout two months long at a time. Sometimes they throw in a twenty-four hour one for kicks, I've been in those. I've done this about seven times now, died every time too."
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Hugs later. Maybe. Real talk now or it will never happen and he'll embarrass himself more.
"Yeah, Anna clued me in. She's great, you'll love her. She's uh.." Dating Bro. That's a minefield. "I'll catch you up on the gossip later." He nods both to her and himself. Nice save. "The older version of you was definitely from another timeline. Or a time loop? Kind of back to square one and reversed backwards where my Bro and your Mom were the kids and we did a crap job raising them for once. Also one where the Troll Empress found her way to Earth and enslaved it. She had a real hate-on for all of the ones we have here because of it." He circles his hand through the air has he goes on, then it goes limp when she makes her last enquiry.
"About a month or so since the last one. They run in cycles, bout two months long at a time. Sometimes they throw in a twenty-four hour one for kicks, I've been in those. I've done this about seven times now, died every time too."