Hey, Miss Mel. Just calling to apologize for being AWOL on our work. I've been scrambling to get some personal things done before I, you know โ die. Again. You think it'd be easier the second time!
[ He goes for lighthearted, a laugh catching in his throat as it twists into some sort of guilty shame. ]
I don't mean to scare you but โ I just wanted to thank you, for being kind. I'm sure my Natural Soul will bring me back. I hope I'm not too different from the "me" who you befriended, when I do. You're the best, don't you and Texas work too hard now!
[ She misses the call by five, perhaps ten minutes. But she does listen to the voicemail in its entirety, doesn't bother looking at the transcript when she sees it's Ace. The panic turns into dread, sinks like a stone in her stomach. She barely gets to the end before she's calling.
[ He picks up. Because, he's not gone yet โ ailing, weakening, but not gone. The moment he knows it's her, he's toggling his Syntrofos to take her call. ]
[ And that he, apparently, knows that things are coming to the end. Eli was in a similar situation. She's glad, now, that she keeps all of her voicemails just in case. She should ask someone about getting them off of the devices in case...in case Patho-Gen erases all record of someone's existence in the city. ]
Is someone going to be with you when it's time? [ A pause. ] How... How long do you believe you have?
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VOICEMAIL โ @FIREFIST
[ He goes for lighthearted, a laugh catching in his throat as it twists into some sort of guilty shame. ]
I don't mean to scare you but โ I just wanted to thank you, for being kind. I'm sure my Natural Soul will bring me back. I hope I'm not too different from the "me" who you befriended, when I do. You're the best, don't you and Texas work too hard now!
CALL
Ring, ring...
Ring, ring...
Please, pick up. ]
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Miss Mel? Hi, it's Ace. You okay?
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I'mโ I'm fine. I was afraid I'd...
[ That she wouldn't get to him before he was gone. ]
I should be asking you that question with a voicemail like that. Where are you? Are you all right?
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came back wrong. Wrong-er? ]
I'm at my place by the car graveyard. Everyone's out, so I figured I'd make some calls to my friends to let 'em know I was thinking of them.
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[ And that he, apparently, knows that things are coming to the end. Eli was in a similar situation. She's glad, now, that she keeps all of her voicemails just in case. She should ask someone about getting them off of the devices in case...in case Patho-Gen erases all record of someone's existence in the city. ]
Is someone going to be with you when it's time? [ A pause. ] How... How long do you believe you have?