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[khajidont]

Jaime's cell phone is more or less plugged riiiight into his brain, so he tends to pick up like 99% of the time! If not, however...

"Hey, Jaime here! Leave a message, and I'll get back to you ASAP."

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[youbastard]

I'm glad you can't imagine it. [She'd never wish anything like that on anyone.]

I dunno if we're amazing or if I'm just too stubborn to give up. [She pauses awkwardly.] Anyway, that's part one in the long list of reasons I don't really like being trapped anywhere.

[khajidont]

Hey, you can be both.

[Most amazing people are, frankly; he's starting to learn that most superheroes seem to get through it simply by being more stubborn than everyone else.

That story still doesn't explain the evil cultist bit, but he's not going to press on that one, not after that story.]

I can see why you wouldn't like it much. [He pauses himself, then says,] And hey, thanks for telling me.

[It can't be a fun thing to relive.]

[youbastard]

Maybe so. [Though she'd lean a lot more towards her just being too stubborn, rather than actually amazing. After all, in the end they didn't really save anything. Which doesn't make any of them very amazing, it just makes them failures.]

You're ...welcome. [There's a bit of confusion in her voice there.] Thanks for listening. I ...don't really talk about it much really. [Back home, every time she'd tried Isaac had shot her down, and then she hadn't had time to think or talk about much of anything. Here, it always seemed so strange. So many people she talked to here came from pretty nice places, almost normal. Ellie was pretty sure she'd forgotten what normal was.]

[khajidont]

Yeah, no problem. I just figure it must be hard to talk about, is all. Which makes it all the more important to get out there.

[The harder something is to talk about, his parents had always taught him, the more important it is to get it out there. They're always trying to remind him of that, even if it's just by inquiring after a bad dream, or one of those nights where he just couldn't do enough.]

[youbastard]

It's definitely hard and the longer I've gone without talking about it, the harder it's gotten. Besides, I don't think it's a story most people want to hear about.

[khajidont]

Well, probably not complete strangers. But your friends do.

[youbastard]

If that's true, I have some very strange friends. [It's said in a light tone as she tries to make some sort of joke to make everything a bit lighter.]

[khajidont]

[It did get pretty heavy there, didn't it? Jaime pauses, then decides to just roll with it with a cheeky,] I think the word you're looking for there is 'awesome'.

[youbastard]

[She chuckles.] You're right, definitely meant awesome. Thanks. I'm glad you're doing alright after all that. [Or at least as alright as can be expected when a douchebag hijacks your body.]

[khajidont]

Yeah, you too. I'll see you around, okay?

[youbastard]

Definitely. If you ever need anything, like to talk or something, feel free to call me. [She'll have to pay him back for this somehow.]

[khajidont]

Thanks, Ellie. I'll do that.

[youbastard]

Take care. [She hangs up.]