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Please note the date and time of day for me!

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[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

All right, all right.

It's just weird for people to hate reading so much. Or at least say they do.

[Voice]

[callbacks]

I'm not a big reader, either. At least, comparatively. I dunno.

[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

I read more nowadays than I used to. People keep coming up with more imaginative ways of telling the same thing.

[Voice]

[callbacks]

I like real-time media better. There's a lot of fuckin' artistry that goes into film and music. ...Not that that's what John's got his briefs in a twist about, his taste in movies is shit.

[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

I admit that it's got its own art, but... well. There's some things that just don't come across in sound or video as well. Depending on the situation.

... Though I generally prefer book versions of things over movie versions of them.

[Voice]

[callbacks]

You'd like Rose. She's kind of a purist like that, too. Loves her some words.

[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

From what you've said about her in the past, she does seem like someone I'd enjoy talking to.

[Voice]

[callbacks]

She's the only one missing, now. Well, out of us four human kids, anyway. So maybe she'll turn up soon.

[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

Maybe.

[He's quiet for a few long moments.]

You'd like Kazuya, I think. He has a generally quick wit and is about your age.

[Voice]

[callbacks]

...Your cousin.

[The last syllable ends halfway between his normal tone and a rising, questioning intonation.]

[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

Mm. Kazuya Minageshi. He... well, he seems to like pretty much everyone.

[Despite his efforts. Despite explaining why he should hate him, screaming that he should hate him... he didn't.]

['I don't hate you.' 'I won't... I will not acknowledge this, Abel! You are my younger brother!
Now... Hate me! I won't allow you to go back to God!']

[He didn't. He couldn't. Even with everything... was it Abel or Kazuya? Which was the one who cared? Or was it both?]

[Voice]

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[Dave feels that there's a lot not getting said, here. That there's a lot packed into the silences around the words. But maybe he's just projecting.

He's been thinking a lot about family, lately.]

Sounds like a good guy. John's like that, too, mostly. When he's not frothing about books, apparently.

[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

Mm. Everyone has their obsessions, hm?

[He's not blind to his own, at least.]

[Voice]

[callbacks]

[...He can't help but think of Bro.]

Mm-hm. Seems like it.

[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

... Are you going to see him soon?

[Voice]

[callbacks]

[For a crazy second, he thinks Bro?? But then logic sets in.]

John? Yeah, that's the idea. We've spent way too long trying to get reunited and shit.

[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

Good. At least you'll be able to catch up soon.

[Voice]

[callbacks]

Yeah. It'll be sweet. ...I'm gonna shove his face in a pie.

[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

As long as it's not a berry pie.

[Voice]

[callbacks]

I've heard whipped cream pies are traditional for that shit.

[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

If you can't get some from work you can always stop by here.

We'll call it a 'business expense'.

[Voice]

[callbacks]

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

I'd like to think so. And it's not like we don't have tons here anyway.

[Voice]

[callbacks]

In that case, I should obviously come visit more often.

[Voice]

[crouching_sin]

Well, that goes without saying. April first is coming up...