misstrust | Rufus Catch-All

. . . It's still quieter.

Happy to be of service.

[ With a tilt of her head and a little smile. ]

It feels a little strange to not have any information to exchange this time around. But we're on the same page now.

Strange?

I would call it a nuisance. There's no telling what will happen tomorrow.

There's no telling, you're right.

But I won't let whatever happens stop me from doing whatever I need to in order to get us all home.

. . . Does that mean you answered yes?

I did.

[He looks off to the side at the crumbling existence around them.]

This is the final cycle.

I know. [ She also looks up, at the darkness filtering through the cracks in the sky. ]

I'm still trying to brace myself for whatever happens.

The Realm as we know it may cease to exist by tomorrow.

So long as we all leave it safely, good riddance to it.

[ It can blow up, for all she cares. ]

Do you believe it will be safe?

Well, the whole... [ she waves her hand vaguely at the everything ] ... doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

But I get the feeling we'll be fine.

That's not a fact.

You asked what I believed, not what I knew.

. . . Whatever the case, we will have no choice but to accept the result.

That's correct. [ Dorothy closes her eyes, briefly. ]

You and I both did what we had to do.

No. I did what I wanted to do.

Were they two different things?

There were options.

Then if you chose what you wanted to do, I'm glad.

[ Choice... is important, after all. ]

. . . What will you do now?

Sit here with you and enjoy the quiet.

Unless you mean after?

What you do after isn't my business.

Then yes, sit with you and enjoy the quiet until you feel like you're ready to move along.

[ She's fine like this. ]

There's nothing else to discuss.

[Perhaps it's time that he does move along.]

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