[geez, they're two peas in a desperate-to-do-right-by-their friends pod, aren't they?]
[Dave doesn't smile. he's not all that prone to them. that, and it's hard to find reassurances when the only thing keeping you tethered to this spot right here, so you can have this conversation in the first place, is a radio. every time he looks at it, he just thinks right back to that moment — when someone finally figured out how to break that piece of shit SORD..... and his spirit while he was at it.]
[but, you know? Mista's doing a pretty damn good job of nudging him toward trying to feel better. and despite how mad at himself he is right now, at least, with the same radio he hates to look at, he's got one more shot at fixing it. undoing the damage he's done.]
[not being such a goddamn loser fuckup.]
I, uh. [wow, that came out super awkward. he rubs at the back of his neck, a bit of a learned gesture.]
Thanks, man. I needed to hear shit like that more than I thought I did.
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[Dave doesn't smile. he's not all that prone to them. that, and it's hard to find reassurances when the only thing keeping you tethered to this spot right here, so you can have this conversation in the first place, is a radio. every time he looks at it, he just thinks right back to that moment — when someone finally figured out how to break that piece of shit SORD..... and his spirit while he was at it.]
[but, you know? Mista's doing a pretty damn good job of nudging him toward trying to feel better. and despite how mad at himself he is right now, at least, with the same radio he hates to look at, he's got one more shot at fixing it. undoing the damage he's done.]
[not being such a goddamn loser fuckup.]
I, uh. [wow, that came out super awkward. he rubs at the back of his neck, a bit of a learned gesture.]
Thanks, man. I needed to hear shit like that more than I thought I did.