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I've been wondering, Scorched.
[ Arthur has been training since before the sun rose: it's visible in the flush across the bridge of his nose, the way his blond bangs are sticking dark to his temples, the slouch of his usually straight-backed posture. But he needs a break, a distraction from his own mind, from the questions that have been plaguing it without concrete answer. ]
Say that the Door started — temporarily — working the way that all doors should, and we could all trip merrily back to our own worlds.
[ A breath, considering whether he's really going to ask. Despite his slightly laconic tone, he knows how depressing some of the answers he'll get will be. But he still wants to know: ]
Would you stay here in Anatole?
Or would you go home?
[ Arthur has been training since before the sun rose: it's visible in the flush across the bridge of his nose, the way his blond bangs are sticking dark to his temples, the slouch of his usually straight-backed posture. But he needs a break, a distraction from his own mind, from the questions that have been plaguing it without concrete answer. ]
Say that the Door started — temporarily — working the way that all doors should, and we could all trip merrily back to our own worlds.
[ A breath, considering whether he's really going to ask. Despite his slightly laconic tone, he knows how depressing some of the answers he'll get will be. But he still wants to know: ]
Would you stay here in Anatole?
Or would you go home?
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Has that ever even happened before? Or something close to it? [ The Door working correctly, that is. ]
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[ But that's a little dark, and he's wincing. ]
And, no. Never voluntarily.
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Huh, whoever made that thing knows how to keep his secrets hidden 'bout that thing then.
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[ Most people here don't. ]
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Have you ever... I mean, do you know someone who's seen whatever it is that lies after death here?
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Handy. Any idea of who's in charge over whatever oblivion you stumbled into? Something has to send you back here, right?
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Anyway. ] So what's with the homesick questions? You plannin' on bustin' your way outta here, or something?
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[ Or a month for his third, perhaps. That's too confusing, though. ]
Can't decide if that's too long or not enough.
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Depends kinda on what the place on the other side of the Door is like, right? [ Camelot, or whatever. ] I'd stick around here if it won in brownie points.
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[ What a confusing term. ]
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You know, good points? If this place was actually any better than home.
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[ Hot water taps have all his brownie points. ]
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Then why even ask? If they're not that different?
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