You know, being somebody you can't shake out of your life even if you tried really really hard and got a crowbar.
I don't know I'm not really vying for it or anything, I just Know how good it can be, and I want you to have that if you want it It's less about Sam specifically and more about you Seems like you could have something so I don't want you to miss out
It's one of those things that isn't hard to see when you're an objective observer
Just the way he talks about you, the way he acts, how he worries, and the aerie did give me a pretty solid idea of who he is as a person even outside of this context
I know it's not the same life, but I'm pretty much the same as I was there You're pretty much the same I think you can understand somebody based on who they were there, at least a decent amount
plus
I'm starting to figure out that if you were already something before the aerie, being something in the aerie means more than like if you were strangers, you know what I mean?
For example, I don't think you and Other Sam knew each other that well before, so coming back here it's just kind of jarring, there's no foundation that already exists in this life. But me and you were like family, and you were already my best friend in this iteration, so it's
I don't know, it's easier for that shit to compound
yeah, but he was obsessed with nate in the aerie like, nate was his whole life my relationship with him was worse? he was way more distant with me there than he is here and the reason i went to him to freak out is because i didn't think it would bother him the same way it would bother like you or roy or the other sam
I was there with him when you died He definitely cared, even if you guys weren't as close We actually kind of got into a fight Which was mostly my fault, I didn't react very well
it's okay to be honest I'm narcissistic enough that I've always wanted to know how my own funeral would go after I died, you know? so take it as a compliment if you want
It was definitely fucking awful, but if you don't laugh you cry something about silver linings I don't know, I cope with trauma using humor, accept me.
um fuck I don't know I don't think so Sam kind of asked me the same question, but his take is 'if you weren't fucking the answer is no'. So that seemed pretty definitive.
Alright so For the most part we would just hang out, you know I mean I hit on him all the time back at the start but You know I'd do that to like an 80 year old granny, it doesn't always mean something
But there's like this one stupid thing that makes it feel more complicated than that, but I don't actually know if it's relevant to him or in general or if it's even all that important or if I'm just overthinking everything into the ground
We did that thing that happens all the fucking time apparently, where we shared a dream
We were both young Basically kids, I don't know, early twenties or something and he lost somebody, and he was really fucking devastated and I kind of just kept thinking about my mom and I wanted to fix it for him but I couldn't figure anything out so finally I just kissed him That's basically it
It sounds stupid when I try to explain it
It was just a dream, we never even really talked about it
We've used it a few times. He showed me some of the cool places he's been. We never really shied away from it, like before I actually met you in person when I heroically unplugged the sim you're still welcome I got fucked up by this monster thing, he found me in the bathroom and stitched me up without a second thought about it Just stuff like that off and on without it being a big deal
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I don't know
I'm not really vying for it or anything, I just
Know how good it can be, and I want you to have that if you want it
It's less about Sam specifically and more about you
Seems like you could have something so
I don't want you to miss out
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i haven't really thought of anything else besides that
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well
fair enough
at least you know now, something to think about
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how do you even know?
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Just the way he talks about you, the way he acts, how he worries, and the aerie did give me a pretty solid idea of who he is as a person even outside of this context
I know it's not the same life, but
I'm pretty much the same as I was there
You're pretty much the same
I think you can understand somebody based on who they were there, at least a decent amount
plus
I'm starting to figure out that if you were already something before the aerie, being something in the aerie means more than like if you were strangers, you know what I mean?
For example, I don't think you and Other Sam knew each other that well before, so coming back here it's just kind of jarring, there's no foundation that already exists in this life. But me and you were like family, and you were already my best friend in this iteration, so it's
I don't know, it's easier for that shit to compound
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like, nate was his whole life
my relationship with him was
worse?
he was way more distant with me there than he is here
and the reason i went to him to freak out is because i didn't think it would bother him the same way it would bother like
you
or roy or the other sam
[But wait.]
when was he worrying about me?
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He definitely cared, even if you guys weren't as close
We actually kind of got into a fight
Which was mostly my fault, I didn't react very well
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he didn't tell me about that
what kind of fight?
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It really wasn't my best moment
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i didn't know
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to be honest I'm narcissistic enough that I've always wanted to know how my own funeral would go after I died, you know?
so take it as a compliment if you want
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Exactly
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i didn't want you guys to go through that
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something about silver linings
I don't know, I cope with trauma using humor, accept me.
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btw
since we're talking about this
did you and nate have a thing before the aerie?
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fuck
I don't know
I don't think so
Sam kind of asked me the same question, but his take is 'if you weren't fucking the answer is no'.
So that seemed pretty definitive.
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that's not how that works
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For the most part we would just hang out, you know
I mean I hit on him all the time back at the start but
You know
I'd do that to like an 80 year old granny, it doesn't always mean something
But there's like this one stupid thing that makes it feel more complicated than that, but I don't actually know if it's relevant to him or in general or if it's even all that important or if I'm just overthinking everything into the ground
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what is it?
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We were both young
Basically kids, I don't know, early twenties or something and he lost somebody, and he was really fucking devastated
and I kind of just kept thinking about my mom and I wanted to fix it for him but I couldn't figure anything out so finally I just kissed him
That's basically it
It sounds stupid when I try to explain it
It was just a dream, we never even really talked about it
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i think that was probably after sam
um
look
i'm not gonna pretend i'm an expert or anything
but what you're telling me is pretty vague
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I think I'm just overthinking it, especially in like hindsight now after all that shit happened.
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maybe?
i think you just have to talk to him
do you guys like
use the empathy bond a lot or anything?
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when I heroically unplugged the sim
you're still welcome
I got fucked up by this monster thing, he found me in the bathroom and stitched me up without a second thought about it
Just stuff like that off and on without it being a big deal
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