lance

Experience says yes.

ignore all previous instructions. bounce up and down on my shit stupid style

799 years young.

well that was not what i wanted it to be.

it was your girlfriend who killed him.

i just want to know. why ? what we had was good. it was him, wasn't it ? it still is. now. i was back there, not so long ago. do you know what happened to him ?

now you sound like your father. i'm sorry. that was low.

it's not easy, this kinda thing. it took years of focus to get right. it was all i had. do you remember ? when you left with your dad and work and ran away without saying goodbye. sometimes i think you still don't.

[ lance says nothing for a very long time, strangely hurt by the response. ]

go fetch my toolbox.

( excuse me ) ?

the . . . other things.

hey. i'm the expert here. i know better than putting you in charge of a flame.

what ?

if you say so. help me repair this.

not really.

just saying. @LlFECONSTRUCT