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[This has been something that's been plaguing Alex for a while. Things had been different, in Promenade, when he had been the one being given new information. Now that he is the keeper of certain...info, he wants some advice. Charles seems to have some pieces too, but as usual, he hasn't directly inquired with the telepath, rather wanting to strike out on his own, first.]

Let's say you know the future of some people here. Maybe not their future, but a future. One that might end up theirs--or might not.

[Alex sighs; the way he's describing it, he could see why people might say it doesn't matter, but--]

I guess what I'm saying is that if you know what someone might do in the future--or you've learned things that tell you about their past...

...do you tell them?

Or is it better just to kinda.... [He goes silent for a moment, before speaking again] keep that shit to yourself.

You know, avoid messing with the time space continuum.

[End filter.]

[Now onto something that covers up for his random question. Something that his team mates can answer, too.]

Is anyone else starting to go a bit stir crazy?

[Alex spent almost a year sitting in solitary. The windowless rooms here remind him too much of his own cell--yeah he can get out, do things around here, but he's still sleeping in a place that makes him wake up and remember times he had tried to put behind him.]

Can't imagine how some of you six month-ers feel.

[A beat.]

We don't have a basketball court in this weird place, do we?

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[ so many young big people here. not quite children but not quite man. frodo's expression is of quiet understanding. ]

What one experiences is unique to another, though many will try to understand. It can be a lonely business. Perhaps through it you might learn of things you never thought before.

I know--I mean, I did.

[Alex shrugs.]

I can't really explain it, but I guess you kinda get it.

[From the vague things he's been saying, at least.]

I think I can understand. At least, the nature of being changed by your experiences.

I mean--technically, we're changed by everything.

[He ducks his head down slightly.]

But yeah.

[He has no idea where he's going with this. Sometimes he does all right in conversations, sometimes he falters; Alex is still getting used to being a talkative guy.]

[ that causes him a small smile, before he says quietly. ]
My name is Frodo Baggins and I understand very well what you mean.

Alex Summers--just call me Havok.

[A small smile back.]

Why Havok? That is quite a name.

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It's what I cause.

[He shrugs. It's the simplest answer.]

I do not think it can be all you cause.

Honestly? For a while, it really was.

[Now, for the real question.]

Um--this is going to sound strange, but you aren't Frodo Baggins, Hobbit of Bag End, are you?

[The books had been some of his favorite--and really, he can't say he's going to be terribly surprised if this guy really was Mr. Frodo of the Shire.]

But not anymore? I suppose I can relate.

[ Frodo starts at that, staring with wide blue eyes at Alex. For a minute he doesn't know what to say to that. He doesn't seem threatening and yet he knows his name. He responds carefully: ]
..How do you know about that?

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This is--look this is going to sound crazy.

But sometime in the future...someone writers a book about you--about the fellowship. About Middle Earth. About what you do.

[He doesn't want to give too much away, he doesn't want to scare him. But to have it confirmed...it's amazing.]

..But what does this mean?
[ he stares at him bewilderedly. ]
I haven't even finished my task.

Then I probably shouldn't tell you what happens.

But like I said--I'm from the future. Timelines are different, here.

..Is it finished? At least in that future, is what we all set out to do--the task that was given to me, was it done?

[He seems unsure, for a moment--not sure how much he should tell. But after a moment, he nods, firmly.]

It is.

[ the look on his face is hard to name. it's exhaustion, pain and relief all tightly meshed together and frodo swallows hard. ]

Thank you. Even if it is a different place, though it is hard to imagine--I suppose just hearing it done there.
[ he looks almost baffled ]
It almost makes my burden lightened if only a little.

Yeah--I know it's not much but...

...I get it. My burden is never going to be as big as yours but...

Can I say it's going to be okay?

[Will that mess up the time space thing?]

[no, hardly will it mess it up. because frodo knows what he has to do. the look on his face at someone assuring him that it will be well--he swallows again, blinking dazedly almost. his voice is a bit thicker as he speaks. ]

Yes, you most certainly can tell me such a thing. Thank you. I did not expect to hear such words from strangers--you've lightened my heart indeed.
[ it's hard to see any end in this, but those words give him heart. ]

That is why I do not think it would be right to you Havok, as you have not given me any such thing.

...glad it helps.

[That gets him to smile, a bit.]

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