[ You give him your little finger on informality, he's gonna take your entire arm, thank you very much. ]
Yeah, looks like I'm no longer catching some extended beauty sleep. Bit groggy, disoriented and uncoordinated, but I've had worse. [ Downplay, downplay, downplay. ] Appreciate the check-in.
Of course. I think it's safe to assume that most would be disoriented after an unprompted rest period of over 2190 hours. Not to mention the informational whiplash one might receive after the fact.
[He swallows.]
But it is, genuinely, quite nice to hear from you.
[ 2190 hours. Yeah. Pack it into more units. Sam is glad they're not doing video right now, just puts his head into his heads for a moment and lets the feeling roll over him. It's not been 5 years. Just 3 months.
2190 hours.
He swallows, drags his mouth into a smile so he'll still sound light. He's good at this. He's gotta be good at this. Get your shit together, Wilson. ]
Likewise, truly. [ He woke up to some more losses. Not quite as brutally devastating as Natasha and Steve, but... losses, still. ] How you holding up?
[He never really knows how to respond properly to that.]
Iβm very well. Save for a few battle scars. But letβs just say, I have swum without drowning in shallow waters. [A beat.] Your training regimen has aided me tremendously.
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[ You give him your little finger on informality, he's gonna take your entire arm, thank you very much. ]
Yeah, looks like I'm no longer catching some extended beauty sleep. Bit groggy, disoriented and uncoordinated, but I've had worse. [ Downplay, downplay, downplay. ] Appreciate the check-in.
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[He swallows.]
But it is, genuinely, quite nice to hear from you.
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2190 hours.
He swallows, drags his mouth into a smile so he'll still sound light. He's good at this. He's gotta be good at this. Get your shit together, Wilson. ]
Likewise, truly. [ He woke up to some more losses. Not quite as brutally devastating as Natasha and Steve, but... losses, still. ] How you holding up?
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[He never really knows how to respond properly to that.]
Iβm very well. Save for a few battle scars. But letβs just say, I have swum without drowning in shallow waters. [A beat.] Your training regimen has aided me tremendously.
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[ Go you, buddy. ]
I hear the last mission was... something else, on several levels.
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[Even the tone in his voice drops a few decibels.]
No one had expected what had taken place. The orbs, while miraculous beings have a way of corrupting the soul in more ways than one.