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Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

[Somewhat nonplussed]

...Suri?

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[we_meet_again]

Lumen...!

I was hoping I'd see you here.

[Looking him up and down]

Wow, look at you...

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

You're -

How are you...?

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[we_meet_again]

[laughs]

Surprised to see me?

They gave me time off for good behavior so I could come back for a visit.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

Who's "they"?

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[we_meet_again]

Sorry. I'm not at liberty to say.

You'll find out eventually, though.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

Because that's ominous at all.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[we_meet_again]

[laughs, waves his hand]

Sorry, sorry.

I'm doing well, though. Nothing to worry about.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

[He's quiet for a long, long couple of moments, considering]

[Then:]

How old are you?

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[we_meet_again]

I lost track. Time moves differently everywhere.

Here, come with me to the diner. Let's get some lunch.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

...yeah.

Okay.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[we_meet_again]

[leading the way, then. he was probably on his way there anyway when he bumped into Thorn, so they're probably not far.

He's quiet, stealing glances at Thorn now and then.]



...When we were here, I always felt like we were the old ones.

Now that I'm back, it occurs to me how young we were, too.

We sure grew a lot.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

[Looking over Cobalt, too; it's kind of a long, appraising sort of look, judging the differences]

...did we?

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[we_meet_again]

Are you the same now as you were when you arrived?

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

You're from the future, right? Shouldn't you know that already?

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[we_meet_again]

I'm not asking what I know, I'm asking what you know.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

...no.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[we_meet_again]

It's like that.

Just imagine what you're like a few decades from now.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

Can't even picture it.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[we_meet_again]

For what it's worth, not everything changed.

[He reaches into his shirt and pulls out a necklace with a small, tarnished key.]

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

[His eyes track from the key, to Cobalt's face, and then back to the key]

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[we_meet_again]

...



[He tucks the key back into his shirt]

If I'm making you uncomfortable, we can part ways.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

You're not making me uncomfortable.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[we_meet_again]

[Here they are at the diner! He holds the door open]

Must be weird seeing everyone changing ages, though.

Re: Big(ger) Cobalt

[justfuckingtryit]

...yeah.

[Hesitates, then steps in]

Not sure why I haven't.