[Ford looks at the communicator, heart racing. What does this mean? What does it mean about how Bill feels? What does it mean for the future?]
But Bill, I'm a human. The Barge might have stopped the aging process for now, but I can't stay here forever. Sooner or later, I'm going to die. You'll have to go on without me.
[Man. This is...a lot to take in. They're going from "on a break while Bill figures out if he actually cares or not" to "I want to make you functionally immortal because I don't want to lose you."
Ford's been braced for the former, and he's having a hard time changing gears.]
I don't know, Bill. This is really sudden. The last time we talked, you still weren't sure if you ever really cared about me. Now you want me to travel the cosmos with you past the end of my natural lifespan?
[Man. This is big. It's a lot. He's not sure about the human brain and its capacity to hold that many memories. What if he runs out of space? What if he starts to forget? And there's his family to think about, and that's one big unknown.]
I still think it's too soon to make a decision. After all, it can't be done yet anyway! There are a lot of things I'd like to discuss beforehand, once I know more about what the future's really going to look like.
But I might be interested in exploring the possibility of existing a while longer.
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Date: 2019-11-20 04:08 am (UTC)I KIND OF RAN INTO THE END OF MY PLANS BACK WHEN WE KILLED THE DIRECTOR.
I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO IT WITHOUT YOU THERE.
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Date: 2019-11-20 04:15 am (UTC)But Bill, I'm a human. The Barge might have stopped the aging process for now, but I can't stay here forever. Sooner or later, I'm going to die. You'll have to go on without me.
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Date: 2019-11-20 04:17 am (UTC)IT'S NOT EVEN HARD.
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Date: 2019-11-20 04:21 am (UTC)[He likes being human just fine and he hopes the implication there wasn't that Bill will "fix" his humanity away.]
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Date: 2019-11-20 04:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 04:31 am (UTC)...wait, does this mean you have your powers back?
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Date: 2019-11-20 04:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 04:23 pm (UTC)[Just collecting the facts here.]
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Date: 2019-11-20 04:47 pm (UTC)ONE QUIBBLE, ACTUALLY! I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP YOU ALIVE AND TOO OLD TO MOVE AROUND. THERE'LL BE A QUALITY OF LIFE CLAUSE IN THERE.
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Date: 2019-11-20 05:29 pm (UTC)Ford's been braced for the former, and he's having a hard time changing gears.]
I don't know, Bill. This is really sudden. The last time we talked, you still weren't sure if you ever really cared about me. Now you want me to travel the cosmos with you past the end of my natural lifespan?
Did I miss something??
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Date: 2019-11-20 06:10 pm (UTC)I DECIDED ON A BREAK BECAUSE I WANTED TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I WANTED TO WITH MY LIFE BESIDES HANG OUT WITH YOU, BUT
I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR FAMILY, BUT BESIDES THE PEOPLE WE MET HERE ALL I HAVE IS YOU.
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Date: 2019-11-20 06:47 pm (UTC)No universe-free-from-natural-laws? No climbing into higher and higher dimensions?
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Date: 2019-11-20 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 08:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 10:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-20 11:01 pm (UTC)You really don't want that anymore?
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Date: 2019-11-20 11:20 pm (UTC)IF I TRY THAT AGAIN, SOMEONE'S JUST GOING TO GET KILLED.
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Date: 2019-11-20 11:44 pm (UTC)Bill's really not okay, and while Ford is glad that that means the multiverse is safe, he doesn't just care about the multiverse.]
Bill...
The multiverse is a big place.
There's got to be something out there that makes you happy.
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Date: 2019-11-20 11:46 pm (UTC)LOOK, LET'S NOT GET INTO IT.
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Date: 2019-11-21 12:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-21 12:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-11-21 03:24 pm (UTC)I know there are a few people here with that kind of lifespan, and they seem to be managing all right, but I can't even imagine what it would be like.
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Date: 2019-11-21 06:17 pm (UTC)SOMETIMES ONCE YOU HIT THE MILLION YEAR MARK IT GETS WEIRD. BUT EXISTING IS BETTER THAN NOT EXISTING!
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Date: 2019-11-21 06:38 pm (UTC)I still think it's too soon to make a decision. After all, it can't be done yet anyway! There are a lot of things I'd like to discuss beforehand, once I know more about what the future's really going to look like.
But I might be interested in exploring the possibility of existing a while longer.
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Date: 2019-11-21 06:52 pm (UTC)I GUESS JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
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