[ there’s a moment of hesitation as flat draws his hand back and into his pockets. the smile on him dims into a more thoughtful expression for a second as he thinks about the people he’s left behind— first because he died, now because the world is simply gone.
does it make him sad? a little. he understands that such a thing is natural, considering all the connections that he managed to make throughout his short life. there was so much that he wanted to see and even much more that he wanted to do.
but it’s no reason to despair. ]
I guess I saw some of this coming for a while back. Not the whole “fight for the fate of the multiverse” thing— more like the me dying thing. I was supposed to be erased a while back, so you could say that up to this point I’ve been living on bonus time! Like when you get a star in Mario Kart.
[ he continues talking casually— it helps that the man in front of him is in fact a psychopomp. he’s probably seen it all and more. ]
And like you said, this is a place to do things over. So you could say that I’ve gained an extra life! There might be a lot of things that I don’t understand here, but that’s alright— I’ll simply work out the kinks as I go along. I’m sure things will work ok in the end.
[ and if they don’t work out for him, then that’s fine too. that just means that they worked out in a different manner to what he expected, and that’s acceptable to him too. ]
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[ there’s a moment of hesitation as flat draws his hand back and into his pockets. the smile on him dims into a more thoughtful expression for a second as he thinks about the people he’s left behind— first because he died, now because the world is simply gone.
does it make him sad? a little. he understands that such a thing is natural, considering all the connections that he managed to make throughout his short life. there was so much that he wanted to see and even much more that he wanted to do.
but it’s no reason to despair. ]
I guess I saw some of this coming for a while back. Not the whole “fight for the fate of the multiverse” thing— more like the me dying thing. I was supposed to be erased a while back, so you could say that up to this point I’ve been living on bonus time! Like when you get a star in Mario Kart.
[ he continues talking casually— it helps that the man in front of him is in fact a psychopomp. he’s probably seen it all and more. ]
And like you said, this is a place to do things over. So you could say that I’ve gained an extra life! There might be a lot of things that I don’t understand here, but that’s alright— I’ll simply work out the kinks as I go along. I’m sure things will work ok in the end.
[ and if they don’t work out for him, then that’s fine too. that just means that they worked out in a different manner to what he expected, and that’s acceptable to him too. ]