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[retributes]

Asking for a friend: say you were killed for the wrong reasons, what would you do? What would be your way of coping?

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[bloodbathing]

[ Maine can think of any number of reasons someone wouldn't be in control of their actions. ]

Kill controller?

[ A question, since he doesn't know if it's possible without specifics. And he's not asking for those. ]

[retributes]

Physically, it’s not possible. In any other way? I’m not even sure that’s possible either.

private to infinity?

[bloodbathing]

Damn.

[ A dilemma, indeed. What does one do when revenge isn't an option?

It doesn't take long for him to come up with an answer: ]

Get stronger. Eliminate vulnerability. Prevent repeat.

and beyond

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Mankind was the vulnerability. Mankind was the threat. I know that doesn't make any sense. What happened was to prevent a repeat and the killer died because of it.

[bloodbathing]

[ She's right; that doesn't make a lick of sense to Maine. He feels himself tense at the talk of mankind being a threat and a vulnerability. Thinks of the Covenant and their religious crusade against humanity.

He shakes it off. Breathes. Reminds himself that she said she's from 2012. That she may be from a different universe entirely. ]

Repeat of what?

[retributes]

A solar flare. It happened once many, many years ago. Centuries. Wiped out most of mankind and the precursors. Whatever and whoever was left, civilization was rebuilt, carried on, and then everything was set to go to shit again in 2012.

[bloodbathing]

[ Give him a second to try and work all this out. Because wow. That ... sure is a thing.

If what happened was to prevent a solar flare... ]

Friend died to save humanity?

[ From Maine, that's a lot of words. He's trying hard to clarify what happened. ]

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After he was possessed and had killed me. That's right.

[ Cat is out of the bag. ]

[bloodbathing]

[ Maine doesn't respond immediately. It's a lot to process. A lot to think about. Eventually, he returns to her original question: ]

Friend died for humanity. An honor. Celebrate. Drink.

Your death's fucked. Punch friend. Alleviate anger. Then drink with him.

[ From Maine, that's a veritable speech. But he wants to check: ]

Answer question?

[retributes]

It does. Punching was an option. I went with fucking him instead.

[bloodbathing]

[ . . . . ]

Why?

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We have a bit of history. Back home. Not sexual or romantic history but.

It’s complicated. There were feelings involved. Those feelings are still there. But I knew what I was doing and getting myself into, back home. This is where the whole he believes he was in the right and I believed I was in the right comes in.

I think he killed me for the wrong reasons.

He believes it was for the best? In the end. At first, he fought against it, because he was being controlled

[bloodbathing]

[ Wait a minute: ]

He's not sorry?

[ Because that? That changes everything. ]

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He's so sorry that it's hard not to notice the guilt when he looks at me.

But what was controlling him, it showed him something. It made him believe I was the bad guy. I uh kind of was? I mean I was batting for the other team the entire time.

[bloodbathing]

[ Maine thinks about this for a few moments. Then: ]

Weird love life.

[retributes]

[ Too bad he can't hear her choke on her sudden laugh. ]

I like the guy. I never said anything about loving him. I don't even know if it's possible.

[bloodbathing]

[ In that case: ]

Weird sex life.

[ He has no issue correcting himself. ]

[retributes]

[ And she's laughing once more.]

More like good sex life. But I get it, it is weird, everything leading up to it.