You don't know. [ he repeats, carefully. okay, so that means that there's no-one with her from beacon, no-one that's definitively — existing, here, because he still hasn't really decided if he believes they're dead, or if it's a convenient story they've been fed, not entirely unlike these hallucinations. ] Do you want company?
—Actual company, not maybe-company. [ he adds. in the background, there's the sound of movement — footsteps (his), just for a moment, and then nothing for one second, then two, then three, and then an exhale of breath, something between a sigh and a huff of a laugh—.
(don't think about it, right?) ] So, I used to teach science.
no subject
—Actual company, not maybe-company. [ he adds. in the background, there's the sound of movement — footsteps (his), just for a moment, and then nothing for one second, then two, then three, and then an exhale of breath, something between a sigh and a huff of a laugh—.
(don't think about it, right?) ] So, I used to teach science.