Right? Some people were joking around about looking for sci-fi answers to our sci-fi problems, but that might be what we seriously have to do at this rate.
[He can't explain any of this?! And he definitely feels bad for being the messenger of shit news here. He watches her expression in that careful but lowkey way he tends to, frowning just a little. There's really no way he can even say things like "it'll be okay" here, because his ass sure doesn't know if that's true...
As for the question and the concerned look--]
—Yeah, pretty much. I think the batch they picked me for was the very first one, so it was just us trying to figure things out and the rest of you guys thinking we were all nuts.
[Which he laughs about BUT IT'S A TIRED OLD MAN LAUGH...]
Trust me, we would've let you all in on everything if we could have.
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[He can't explain any of this?! And he definitely feels bad for being the messenger of shit news here. He watches her expression in that careful but lowkey way he tends to, frowning just a little. There's really no way he can even say things like "it'll be okay" here, because his ass sure doesn't know if that's true...
As for the question and the concerned look--]
—Yeah, pretty much. I think the batch they picked me for was the very first one, so it was just us trying to figure things out and the rest of you guys thinking we were all nuts.
[Which he laughs about BUT IT'S A TIRED OLD MAN LAUGH...]
Trust me, we would've let you all in on everything if we could have.