dreamsallotted | Hadriel IC Inbox

[Ha ha it's his favorite person in the world!]

I'll assume you aren't dead yet, but I was rather hoping for more of an update. Or at least an update more often.

[Seel was ever so grateful it was an audio conversation. That way he could keep working. Video and text both meant hands couldn't be free. As such, Cal might hear Seel walking, maybe even some hammering or other construction sounds.]

I'm not dead. You told me to be nice to Delmar.

I'm being nice.

Are daily updates an order now? Or are you concerned?

[Sorry Cal, he was holding a grudge.]

You haven't been around the house. Am I not allowed to be worried? [Really, yelling at Cal for avoiding it and now doing that himself?]

[What could he say, he was a giant hypocrite.]

I wasn't sure if you would be.

Why wouldn't I be?

I don't know.

I don't know what we are anymore, Cal.

That sounds more like something you'll need to find an answer for yourself.

[Seel started hammering. That was not what he wanted to hear. He wanted a nice, simple answer. The kind that Swift gave him. The 'yes, of course I still love you but I'm pissed off as hell and you need to be a nicer har. What is wrong with you?' He liked those. This involved more self reflection than he wanted to do. Seel was self aware enough to know that he didn't like what lay beneath the surface. It was easier to just fool yourself into thinking you were wise and self aware.]

Figures, you'd say something like that.

I'm not going to do your work for you.

Figures you'd say that.

What happened to you anyway? You changed.

[He paused hammering, and stopped talking more a minute..]

I'm thinking of talking to someone. That human doctor on the network.

"What happened" to me? You know exactly what that was. [Or part of it anyway.]

Why?

I don't know everything. It's not like I was there.

Because I miss Swift and I was murdered, Cal. What other reasons do I need? They're mine.

[touchy touchy]

You can take an educated guess, I'm certain.

Fine. Sorry I asked.

[Seel threw down the hammer, easily frustrated.]

Is it always going to be this way?

What way?

Like I'm not sure how to talk to you anymore.

You'll have to figure that out yourself. I'm not the one having a problem.

I had a dream a few weeks ago, you know. During, well, I'm not sure what that was.

And? Are you planning on sharing?

I think I inadvertently did. That human doctor and Jo.

Inception. I should have told you sooner.

[Since it wasn't like Cal hadn't been a part of the dream. At least, Seel's memory of him.]

That was a long time ago, Seel.

Yes it was. Was that even us?

It used to be. Not anymore.

Somedays I'm not so sure.

[A pause]

How could you stay with them Cal? I've always wondered.

Feeling nostalgic?

[He sighs.]

They wanted me, Seel. I could be what I was without complaint, without worry. They took us in when humanity gave us up. I owed them.

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