Old Man Seed, mostly. He's the one who started it all. Sabotage his auto when John was a tiny infant and a lot of misery might have been prevented. But mucking about with time is risky and murdering him now solves nothing.
I do. [He gestures loosely to the bulky 1955 32 inch RCA television against the wall.] It's not connected to anything. No wires, no electricity, but I can watch films from the library on it. I set the films on top, and they play. I'm not sure how it works, so I'm going with 'alien technology so advanced it's basically magic.' Like everything else on this ship.
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Date: 2024-03-24 08:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-24 08:09 pm (UTC)Murdering who?
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Date: 2024-03-24 08:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-24 08:43 pm (UTC)Would have saved me a lot of trouble trying. It would have been satisfying to see.
[But speaking of - ]
Do you have a way to watch movies?
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Date: 2024-03-25 04:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-25 11:55 am (UTC)Might ask you to borrow that. Never got to see the end of Gone with the Wind.
Old Man Seed dragged Jospeh and me out of school right after Atlanta burned.
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Date: 2024-03-26 12:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-26 12:41 am (UTC)So that's a yes?
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Date: 2024-03-26 02:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-26 02:43 am (UTC)Anything else you want from me? I'm going to go - drink myself into a stupor, thanks.
[All the talk about his brothers makes him want to forget everything.]
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Date: 2024-03-26 03:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-26 05:52 pm (UTC)Sure thing.
[He walks out the door, but pauses without turning around.]
For what it's worth, I believe you about John. I don't know how or why but - maybe it's just hope that he could have the life he deserved to have.
[And then he closes the door.]