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[underwhelms]

hey, you've reached
✨👑KING JJ👑✨

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[cajolery]

[ i hate this ]

Don't be preposterous! I have no wish to hear you breathe.

[underwhelms]

[ you asked for this ]

Then why did you call me? [ He sounds so smug. ] Did you just want to feel close to someone?

[cajolery]

Of all the ridiculous accusations! How on earth would this "call" allow me to feel close to anyone? I cannot even see you!

[underwhelms]

Because at least you're talking to another person rather than yourself, right?

[ Somehow... he doesn't mean that in a rude way. ]

[cajolery]

[ Damn. She just got Called Out. ]

I-I was not speaking with myself! I was simply speaking to my brother, who is... not present, at the moment.

[underwhelms]

Sounds like talking you were talking to yourself.

[ He's so obnoxiously blunt. ]

It's okay, I miss my little brothers too.

[cajolery]

I—

[ She exhales through her nose, not unlike a raging bull. She may have realized that the jig is up, but that doesn't mean she has to like it. ]

You have little brothers?

[underwhelms]

[ How unusual, for JJ to win an exchange…

But as the topic changes to his family, he becomes considerably more fond. ]

Yeah, little brothers and little sisters. I guess… [ His expression softens. ] Maybe I should actually take a page out of your book and pretend like they're here too.

[ FYI, JJ has anywhere between two to ten siblings. ]

[cajolery]

[ This is a ONE TIME and ONE TIME ONLY occurrence. ]

They are here, are they not? Slumbering in those... "pods," that is.

[ Annoying as he is, she does hope he says yes. ]

[underwhelms]

Yeah, I guess so.

[ He smiles, because that's an optimistic way of looking at it. ]

They're probably better off in those pods for now. Being shot down here from the space station kind of sucked.

[cajolery]

If by that crass phrase you mean that our journey here was rather pestiferous, then I do feel obliged to agree.

[ She sighs. ]

Would they not be equipped to handle such a journey? You seem to have survived, such as it is.

[underwhelms]

Yeah, they're young. [ Maybe. I have no idea if he's the oldest of ten. ] I don't think they'd be able to handle being hurtled through space without a diaper.

[cajolery]

Quite young indeed! As loath as I am to say it, perhaps it is more advantageous to them to remain as they are for the time being. I daresay it is far more dangerous here than it is trapped in that unnatural slumber, after all, though I cannot be certain.

[ Her empathy for JJ is real... if she had younger siblings, she'd be worried sick for them. ]

I do hope your siblings remain well.

[underwhelms]

Thanks. I guess I'll have to wait until we have a home in this new world for them to wake up.

Your brother too.

[ Even though he has no idea if her brother is older or younger. ]

[cajolery]

I do hope that day comes for you sooner than it may seem at the moment, though I would prefer my brother to awaken as soon as possible. He is many years older than I, you see, and his strength is near unmatched...

[ "Near" only because let's face it, Mathilda kicks his ass. ]

In fact, I wish for all of my comrades to awaken, but perhaps that is my own selfish desire to see them again.

[underwhelms]

I miss my friends too.

[ It's lonely and jarring to realize that no one is awake who cares about them.

But he stays perky. ]

I don't think it's selfish though. Obviously if you love someone you want to share your life with them. And you want to be there when they might face something difficult.

[cajolery]

[ That gets a smile out of her. ]

That is very true.

I suppose I should be grateful that I will be able to assist them when they do awaken. This... situation is very much different than the one we are accustomed to, you see, and I would just as lief be here to guide them.