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[callbacks]

[Cleared font formatting, check. Autocorrect, check. Masked I.D., triple check. Dave's been wrestling with this question for over a week, and he's no closer to an answer than he was eight days ago. No closer than he was three years ago.

Where's Dear Abby when you need advice?]

Have you ever been in a situation
Where you knew something somebody else didn't
And you weren't sure if you should tell them or not
Like you knew that if they found out they'd be really upset but there's also nothing they could do about it
And you don't want them to blame themselves
Or
Get mad at you
But pretending it didn't happen feels
I don't know
A lot like lying I guess
What would you do in those circumstances?

I'm asking for a friend.

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[callbacks]

Yeah time travel is pretty run of the mill in my corner of the multiverse
Everyone's probably done some version of it at one point or another but it just complicates shit and makes making decisions annoying and impossible

[What is even the point of keeping this conversation anonymous.]

[invigorating]

GOSH THAT SOUNDS REALLY CRAZY!!!
HAVE YOU DONE IT BEFORE?? IS IT FUN???

[good job, dave, you did it]

[callbacks]

I guess it's sort of fun the first time but fuck does it get stale
Once the novelty wears off of seeing like thirteen versions of yourself running around getting shit done you realize you have to be every single one of those thirteen versions eventually
And then you are those dudes and you've seen it all already a hundred times and it's like Christ could this be any less interesting
Could I watch some rust form in slow motion that's about the speed of excitement I'm having here
That and then you get locked into actions you might or might not actually want to go through with or else risk creating a time paradox which is a damn shitty time let me tell you

[invigorating]

GOSH...................

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THAT!!!

[oh my god nowi]

BUT IF YOU SAY IT'S BORING I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT!!
WAIT WEREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE???

[callbacks]

Yeah we were talking about my problems I was having that don't actually relate to time travel for once
Which is sort of new
For me
So I guess I jumped onto the time travel shit as a sort of island of familiarity
Like at least I still know how to gripe properly about that untrammeled horseshit
Whereas this
Is a little more complicated

[invigorating]

OH RIGHT!!
OK SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT HOW TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THAT SORT OF STUFF
BUT LUCINA (THAT'S CHROM'S DAUGHTER FROM THE FUTURE!!) TOLD US ABOUT THE BAD STUFF THAT'LL HAPPEN
AND EVERYONE IS WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T!!
SO HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL GO OK WITH YOUR FRIEND!!!

[callbacks]

Ok but like
We literally can't fix it
If we could I wouldn't have a problem with telling her because then it's just something we have to work at
But time travel has rules so I'm basically just telling her holy shit we sure got fucked
And who wants to hear that

[invigorating]

OH NO YOU CAN'T FIX IT AT ALL???
I'M REALLY REALLY SORRY
I JUST SORT OF THOUGHT YOU COULD SINCE WE CAN.......
BUT THAT'S REALLY SILLY WE'RE NOT FROM THE SAME WORLD
I HOPE YOU CAN TELL HER GENTLY

[callbacks]

Oh my god I'm literally the worst person that has ever existed to saddle with this shit
I'm going to fuck it up like nothing has ever been fucked before
This is why we don't put me in charge of things!

[invigorating]

WHAT IF YOU TRY WRITING IT OUT???
DO YOU THINK THAT WILL HELP????

[callbacks]

Ugh maybe?
Hell I don't really have a lot of other options
There aren't too many good ways to say shit seriously hit the whirling blade pitcher