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Safe as I can reasonably stay.

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We’d end up there very quickly anyway. Sure.
*Makes my way outside*

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Fall in love legitimately?

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Legitimately. *Dreamily* It was a wonderful two months. I don't know what he's like now, of course—but he looks so much more mature. He didn't have those scars, then.

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Safe as I can reasonably stay.

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We’d end up there very quickly anyway. Sure.
*Makes my way outside*

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Why two months?

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That's about how long I spent in Waternaux before I had to take care of my home world. It was my first interdimensional travel. He helped me get through—but he wasn't ready to do it himself.

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Did you visit?

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As soon as I could get back, I tried to find him, but something happened to both he and his parole officer, and they both went missing.

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Parole officer?

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Yeah, a while before he met me he was a petty thief living on the streets. There's poor in every city, even the most advanced civilisations.

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Did he stop?

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When I met him, he was trying to work as a private investigator while under parole. He was pretty good at it!

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So... I assume he stoped?

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Oh, right. *Giggles* He did. As long as I knew him, he was doing fine, and he was able to make enough money to support himself.

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Is his stoppage conditional on his income?

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I don't think so. When Bryson decides to do something, he commits to it. He would have found a way to survive. Gosh, all these memories are coming back.

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This is a very unusual situation.

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This is one of the weirdest things that has ever happened to me. It feels like I'm a kid again, like anything could happen— I'm sure that's just the memories, though.

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It was only a few years ago, you said.

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Well, maybe, but eight years is almost a third of my life!