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[tetractys]

HAS TO BE HAWAII. WE SHOULD DO IT MORE OFTEN! WE BOTH HAVE ALL OUR PROJECTS, BUT WE SHOULD JUST MAKE TIME. BLOCK IT OUT!

[Bill touches his hand. Hold hands? Is this friends? Is this just friends.]

[mothmansplaining]

[Holding hands was okay when he and Hilda were just friends, Ford reasons, so it should be okay here, too, right?

He takes Bill's hand.

Ohhh no. Oh no, Ford's having a lot of feelings, a lot of feelings that need to be totally fine. Why are interpersonal relationships so complicated?? Ford will take rocket science every time over all of this.]

I--I'd like that.

[Is this how to stay involved in Bill's life without being in a relationship or involved in an ill-advised project?? Is this the answer?]

[tetractys]

YOU EVER THINK ABOUT HOW WE KINDA WERE CREATED HATING EACH OTHER? FELT LIKE WE HAD A CHOICE IN THE MATTER, BUT WE DIDN'T.

[Bill looks down at their hands.]

NOT THAT WHAT HAPPENED DIDN'T HAPPEN. STILL DID, STILL MY FAULT! THINGS CAN BE REAL AND NOT REAL AT THE SAME TIME.

[mothmansplaining]

We were created wanting things that were fundamentally incompatible.

[tetractys]

MAKES FOR A GOOD STORY!

[Bill is only angry about it in the very very core of himself - he rarely ventures in there, so the rest of him can take it all pretty lightly.]

YOU'VE SAID THAT BEFORE. DO YOU REALLY THINK SO?

[mothmansplaining]

I think we were made to be that way. But I don't think it's true anymore.

[tetractys]

NAH, OF COURSE NOT ANY MORE. WE FIXED IT AS SOON AS THEY LET US!

[mothmansplaining]

Ha ha. Well, I -- I think that's an oversimplification.

[They both worked very hard, and made a lot of compromises, and had to change in big ways. Ford was put through a lot because of Bill going after what Bill still wanted!]

[tetractys]

NAAAH, WE'VE GOT THIS. THREE YEARS, THAT'S NOTHING!

[Bill squeezes his hand.]

[mothmansplaining]

[It'd be fun to let himself get caught up in that easy confidence. Three years is a significant length of time, but frankly, compared to the 30+ they've known one another, it's been a whirlwind romance.]

Those three years involved some pretty big changes.

[tetractys]

YEAH, IN ME YOU MEAN.

[mothmansplaining]

And me.

[tetractys]

YOU GRADUATED, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT YOU WERE THAT BAD OF A GUY.

[mothmansplaining]

But when I found out about what was really going on -- with the nature of our reality, with the Director -- I did change, Bill. The world got a lot smaller -- and a lot bigger. And I wanted to change my place in it. I was willing to do a lot of things to make sure of that.

[tetractys]

I MEAN, YEAH, I HELPED WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, WITH THE PUSHING YOU INTO STUFF.