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JOSH LEVISON ( 010 » 046 )
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Here?

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Here. Is someone not?

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A lot of people in tubes, these days.

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[ he's very aware, but he obviously wasn't savvy enough to check up on the 'pack' - he had other people, other priorities. ]

Cora?

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No. She's alright.
You?

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Nora and Aidan are fine.

Well, stuck on a spaceship, but fine. Thank you for asking.

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Good.
I talked to Nora.

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[ christ.

and a switch to voice, sounding totally calm (not). ]

When did you talk to Nora?

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Before the jump.

[ wow chill out!! ]

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[ HE'S TOTALLY CHILL. ]

Oh. And you... ? Everything's good?

[ fishing, in the most incredibly obvious way. it's not that he expected nora to say or do anything to make derek weird, but. well, basically everything makes derek weird. ]

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You could have introduced me.

[ this is really not an answer and yet. ]

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I was going to. Look, we didn't really get to have our honeymoon back home, and while space is slightly farther north than we were planning on—

[ meaning he was fine with just keeping her to himself for like, a month. which is totally ridiculous, but whatever. ]

Did you say anything?

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About?

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About... [ even he realizes how stupid 'us' sounds, so he skips that. ] I don't know, anything. You didn't talk pack at her, did you?

[ a year's worth of faith, here. ]

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Why?

[ suddenly skeptical ]

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[ is there a delicate way to do this. ]

Do you remember the first time you talked to me about pack?

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Yes.

[ remember when you hated him josh... ]

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[ absolutely ]

It's— pack is complicated. Our point of reference is slightly sociopathic.

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Meaning what?

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Meaning I'd rather not talk about it.

[ why is this the one thing you're chatty about!! well, "chatty". how about a super vague description, instead. ]

We tried the pack thing and people got killed. It didn't work out for us.

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[ josh that has to be the single worst thing you could say. there's a long pause here, before-- ]

It's not always like that.

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[ well he always says the right thing, so. ]

I know it isn't. And I believe you when you say it's different where you are, but it's just— I don't know if I'm really hardwired for it.

[ nora, on the other hand... ]

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Is she?

[ which might be the point here. ]

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She was.

[ has been, still is. his tone's guarded, verging on final; he knows it's not the explanation derek's looking for, but he doesn't want to get into it. ]

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She isn't anymore?

[ inferring that it went badly on all ends, is that not what josh wanted?