handelaar | not here.

[Too bad this is voice, he's narrowing his eyes so, so hard at the screen.]

Seem to. You gonna give it back?

If I find myself in a forgiving mood, perhaps.

If. [That sure is a huff.] Just call it blackmail. Or bribin'. Whatever it is ya want. Don't like riddles.

I'd never be so crass.

[ lies yes she should. ]

[It doesn't really matter if she would or not, he's still just as impatient as ever. Unwilling to play along when there's something on the line that he cares for.]

Try it.

[ she laughs softly, more at his impatience than the suggestion. ]

What if I said what I wanted was for you to play the game? What then?

[He has to dial himself back enough to think about it, rather than snap out the first thing that comes to mind.]

I'd wonder what the hell the game was.

[HE ALREADY SAID THAT he is so, so irritated.]

If you have to ask I doubt you'd be very good at it.

[ irene that isn't very nice. ]

Just want the prize. Was mine already. 'Case you forgot.

[This is the voice of someone who would loooove to smash his comms device into the nearest wall.]

It was, yes. But now I've got it, haven't I?

[So... two weeks later after this, right?]

I'm sorry

I was pretty fucked up

[..._]

shouldnt have acted that way to you or said what i said

You're telling me now
Why

[YOU PICKED A GOOD TIME TO DO THIS, ALEX.]

[ > because I've always been bad at communication

> because I'm even worse at expressing things to people

> because I'm scared of backlash

> all of the above]

because I'm not all there mentally right now I guess

[Which is actually accurate, even if it detours a bit from the truth. Just a little. He's aware of that, so he hesitantly adds a little more truth to it.]

I never had a lot of people around who really cared or bothered

so I guess I just expected it

[God that sounds kinda lame and pathetic, how do I fix that-]

or something

[... Okay that doesn't help at all.]

so I just... wanted to apologize

for being an ass then

Got it. Then what do you want from me
Are you okay now

[Totally makes sense for those to come right after the other.]

nothing, just wanted to apologize

I'm still getting a wrangle on myself so... I don't know when I'll be around like before. whenever I get my shit together, I guess.

[Whenever that is.]

[...]

also for the record, I wasn't taking drugs

or inhabited by demons

but. thanks for the thought.

[I LOOKED IT UP.]

Yeah, y'said that.

[And in the background, a lighter and a cigarette both flare themselves to life.]

So what's your game.

[Looks like he's got no choice but to tag in.]

Cat and mouse, naturally.

[ what a shame she doesn't have holmes' pipe. ]

Although regrettably it can't be done to scale aboard this ship.

[He's torn between telling Alex to shape up as fast as he can and get back to work and offering to be on-call. Jesus, why is this such a hard decision, should be easy.]

Quicker the better
I noticed. Didn't mean to pull you up that hard

[But he's not sorry so he's not gonna say that. Though he will explain a little:]

Same kind of things happened with Heather and Russia when they were possessed. Had to check

hey remember that time you helped me move a chair

i need you to help me move it again

i will give you literally anything you want

Literally anything
Anything that's possible to get here, you mean

yes anything that i could reasonably procure for you

not here.

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