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[h2no]

Hey, Martin! Remember the guy whose shark almost ate you? That's me!

[he laughs. it's a liiiitle forced.]

Well, anyway, I was kind of terrible at givin' ya good help when we met, so... uh, sorry for that. Just checkin' in! You find a place to stay?

[darkov]

[LATE. that is, like. not until it's LATE AS HELL. like 2am. what up.]

-lo?

...Uh. Hello?

[h2no]

[binch you KNOW he's still up.]

Aw, you picked up! Good sign. Hey, Martin!

[darkov]

... [wow talking things. it's horrible and weird.]

Hel-hello...um. I, I remember you? A little. Sorry. I remember the voice.

[h2no]

[you're horrible and weird. archie snorts.]

Yeah. It's the accent, right? [his horrible pirate voice.] Ah-- you doin' okay?

[darkov]

[a beat.]

I'm--not hurt. I...figured some things out. It's not a lot, I'm. I'm not very smart, but... [near-audible shrug??]

[h2no]

Hey, it's smart to figure stuff out in a new, scary world. This one ain't even that different from my own and I'm still gettin' used to it. Did ya find a place to stay?

[darkov]

There are some places. I...I'm still learning where is fine, and where it's not. Fine to stay, I mean. [...]

There are other people, too. Like how you... [er.] Sorry. I mean, how...you kept wanting to help me. I guess that's--that's just how people are. I mean, can be. I guess. I'm not really sure what to say about that...

[h2no]

Y'know, you say you're stupid, but you sound pretty sharp to me.

[he has to wonder what martin's been through to arrive at that conclusion.]

imPorts like to help their own, like I said. Ah... I think your age probably contributes to it, as well. Even if you're the most competent person in the world, people like to help kids.

...Do you know what your powers are? The Porter gives us powers. I was just a normal person back home, but I can breathe underwater here, for example.

[darkov]

[well, he has very distinctively nothing to say on that matter of smarts, so that is left to lie where it is.

this powers thing is what's really concerning here, after all. he chews on that for a second, trying to recall something about it maybe Rex has said. or Andy. they're smart, they'd have told him.]

...I'm still me. I think. Nothing's...changed. I don't know. Sorry.

[h2no]

Hey, don't worry about it! Maybe you got something passive like I did...

[well, as long as it's not something that'll scare the shit out of or hurt him. y'know, assuming he didn't have powers before, which archie is doing. because he's stupid.]

Man, this place is fucked up. What's home like for ya?

[darkov]

...

[why does he care? same question for all the others, but...then, that means it's the same answer. people can just be kind.]

Um, it's. Well, I...I live at the south compound. There's...twelve of us, us in generation eight. And then there's still some sevens, and two sixes... [...] Training is every night, al-alternating between...different skills. It, um. It depends on what you're good at, mostly. Not everyone can do the same things.

...The walls are very high, and some of the buildings have lots of stairs. But they--they, uh. They don't look like...buildings here. Stone, and...other things...

[h2no]

Dang. Two generation differences? They've gotta be pretty ancient.

[said light-heartedly.]

What else is different?

[darkov]

Lots of things. Like-- [hh.] Just...lots of things. There's no people. I mean--besides the Lumas. But they're there for us, not--not living in a town or, or doing what people do. It's their jobs to be there. Just like...it's our jobs to be do what we do. And it's...

[a beat.]

I don't think...it fits here. I mean, people have lights in the dark. There's...no monsters out there. So I'm not sure why anything like me would be here.

[h2no]

Lumas?

[archie rubs his head, even if martin can't see it.]

I guess the dark here ain't what it is back home... [how can they not have lights? like... no fire??????? what????????] What sort of monsters? Uh-- you don't gotta talk about that one. If you don't want to.

[darkov]

...

[there is a very distinct delay, and not just his hesitant mannerisms.]

You don't...have to worry about it. Not here. You don't have to know.

[h2no]

Okay. I won't ask again.

[he gets that; it's how he wishes he could be with kyogre.]

What about the buildings? Did you find one to stay in?

[darkov]

Yes. There are a few. People are...kind. Some are, even if they don't have to be. So there are places to stay until dark.

I still have to find better places. So I stop being in the way.

[h2no]

You really prefer the dark, huh.

[and there are monsters in the dark. hey? he hates this. thanks.]

It's okay. You're not in the way. I can try and help you find an empty house if you don't want to stay with people, though.

[darkov]

Oh, I-- I...I find places. I mean, sometimes they're not alright. That is, I find out later they're someone's. That's what's hard... People--most people, sleep at night, but some don't, I mean. So sometimes it's hard to know.

[beat. waaaaitasecond.]

...Why aren't you sleeping?

[h2no]

I can try and help you find a place that'll be empty and stay empty unless you decide otherwise if you want...

[wuh oh called out!!!!!!!!!!!!!! called!! out!! archie stumbles a little, clearly not expecting the question.]

I, uh, I don't like-- I'm... uhh... I just couldn't. Tonight. I guess.

[darkov]

A... Oh... [well guess who else can stumble and be awkward??] Um. So-sorry. I just... [IT'S THIS GUY!!] Sorry.

[h2no]

[JUST TWO DUDES GOOD AT WORDS!!!]

Ah-- hah. It's fine. You want help with the-- with the house thing? I--I know that it's nicer to be alone sometimes.

[darkov]

...Is...Sorry. Is it. Because of what you said before? That you think we're the same?

[h2no]

[that actually gives him pause. monsters in the dark... he couldn't be from archie's world, could he? he knows it's not out of the question that someone could come from... the... beginning of time...?

no, that's ridiculous. right? right. right? right.]

We're in the same boat, that we're both imPorts. I don't think we're from the same place, though. Sorry. It would be nice if it was that easy.