( cinco | voice )

[endeavors]

If I get drunk, will the other person getting my memories get drunk too?

[He's. Probably already a bit touched by alcohol. Again. Someone needs to take his communicator away from him when he gets into these moods.]

Sorry. [Pff. That was a burp in the making.] It's... hard to deal with. I'm getting headaches. It's like everything's too sharp. Off-balance. I'm not sure how to describe it.

... I wonder what you're seeing. Whoever you are.

[He's... slightly worried about his secrets spilling all over the place, but. Not talking about them specifically is probably the safest bet.]

She's pretty, right? My wife. Her name's Carmo. I bet you would've loved her.

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[mindtricks]

No.

[ sorry, did you not want an answer to that question? too bad. ]

[endeavors]

Oh.

[Pause. Let him think for a bit.]

How old are you? If that's not indiscreet. To ask.

[mindtricks]

[ don't break your brain. ]

21.

[endeavors]

Oh, so - you're American.

[mindtricks]

Yes.

[ but that isn't quite the reason she's never been drunk. ] I'm from Mega City One.

[endeavors]

[He exhales, something amused.]

Mega City One? That's a weird name.

I mean - no offense.

[mindtricks]

I don't think anyone here has ever heard of it.

[ so everyone thinks it's weird. ]

[endeavors]

Oh. They haven't?

[He hasn't, either, but it's not like Andy was ever an expert on geography...]

Different world?

[mindtricks]

Or a different time, or both.

[endeavors]

Yeah... That's one of the really messed up things about this place.

[he pops his lips. And has another drink.]

[mindtricks]

Do you drink a lot?

[ he's drinking right now, after all. ]

[endeavors]

[He stops for a moment. Maybe the question makes him feel a little guilty.]

... No. I, uh - not on my own. I used to work back home. Have a kid to look after.

[He's mumbling a bit.]

There's not much else to do in space.

[buh.]

[mindtricks]

[ do you miss your child? but that question is invasive even for anderson. she figures he does, so why bring it up. there's no need to cause unnecessary pain. ]

You could find something to do?

[ surely there is something. ]

[endeavors]

Like what? It's not like... it's not like I can fight, or - [bluh bluh bluh.] I've never had a talent.

[mindtricks]

You could learn.

[ a slight shrug. ] I could teach you.

[endeavors]

You could-?

[mindtricks]

Teach you how to fight. Yes.

[endeavors]

How would we... go about that?

[mindtricks]

You would have to be sober.

[ for starters. ]

[endeavors]

No. No, I mean - yeah. Of course. [the glass clinks against a table.] I'm on it.

[mindtricks]

Do you have any experience or none whatsoever?

[endeavors]

None. I mean - as a person. Normal person. [what]

[mindtricks]

[ are you calling her abnormal -- don't worry, she knows she is. by anyone's standards, really. ]

Then we'd have to start slow.

[ she's been teaching noah self-defense. how hard can it be to take on a second student? and she wants to make a difference, to help people. ]

[endeavors]

[He doesn't really know how to explain that he can hunt. As a wolf. And kill things that way.]

Should we set up a meeting right now?

[mindtricks]

[ chances are, she'll figure it out if they meet in person and he thinks about it. anderson doesn't really stay out of people's minds. ]

If you want.