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[Billy has never thought of himself as one of those obsessive stalker boyfriends who needs to be attached at the hip to his significant other at all times. Really, he'd always figured they were pretty good about mutual space. A two-month separation with the potential of spending years in this place without seeing Teddy again is, however, apparently the trigger he'd needed to become one, so after one too many looks from Teddy - some patient, others not so much - he'd officially gotten himself banished from the apartment for the afternoon after too much worried lurking. Which is... not the greatest thing ever on a hot day like today, but ten minutes down the road he realizes that, yeah, he'd been a little ridiculous, either blowing off his responsibilities or dragging Teddy along for the ride. He's happy and eager to have Teddy here, but they'd lived separate lives at least half the time back home; no reason for that to not continue here as well.

It's just hard to let go after you've missed someone for that long.

Still, that's how he finds himself out and about for around five hours today, doing the following (in no particular order):

- a late lunch at Seventh Heaven
- searching around the library for comic books
- combat practice in the Battle Dome (with or without his trusty new teacher)

While at the library, a few sketches find their way into his journal, more or less like the following: this, this, and this. Some time afterwards, a scribbled message appears below.]

What are some good ways to deal with bad dreams?

[Once he's finished all his daily stuff, he'll be bringing groceries home around dinner time, in the hopes that he's allowed. Feel free to run into him at any time.]

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[Peter laughs a bit, then just shakes his head.]

I can't believe we have half the... uh, people that we have here.

Luceti's definitely one special place, no doubt about that. Still, I don't mind. It's amazing to be able to meet people who only existed in books or TV shows back home.

You don't think that's weird? I'd chalk it up to weird before amazing. And probably still after.

Oh, it's definitely weird. And it's hard to meet them face to face and not freak out like a complete idiot.

[He's already managed to do that a few times, oops.]

I just have to keep telling myself that here, they're not fake or fiction- they're just as real as I am. It makes a big difference.

Yeesh. That's gonna take me a little while to even try attempting.

I'm still thinking that those ten minutes I spoke to a pony, I walked into a tree branch and got knocked out and had a weird dream. [...] Or this is just all a weird dream I'm not waking up from.

If this is a dream I am so getting therapy when I wake up. If I wake up. Because after three months this has got to be a coma.

Aw, dude. If this is a mutual coma, that is a whole other level of bad we're dealing with here.

Edited (I FORGOT WORDS) 2012-09-12 13:27 (UTC)

Isn't it some rule that you can't read books in your sleep? Or is that a myth?

No idea. Maybe this is an exception, because half the time we're talking to books. Like a mental compromise or something.

Or maybe science has been lying to us all along. Who knows...

[He's not going to put too much thought into it, but the truth is he doesn't really believe the coma theory anyway, so it's kind of moot.]

[Peter looks away, trying to consider this. Look at what you've done, Billy. This kid is a natural at science and now you've made him question it.]

[Oh whoops was that him ~~trolololol~~

Billy catches the look, then lifts a hand with a wary smile.]

Don't... don't overthink it, alright? It's really not worth it.

Huh? Oh, yeah! I probably shouldn't put a ton of thought into that. It was just kind of interesting.

Luceti itself is a pretty interesting place, admittedly. But I'd rather look at it at face value than dig much deeper. I'd rather be sent to some alternate dimension than be stuck digging around in my own head, I think.

That's a pretty valid point. I just can't help but try to think about it, if only a little bit. Part of the whole scientific theory thing.

Can't shut off a science brain, huh.

[Well, he can sympathize. He does that with his geeking out, and god help the world if he ever tries to hold back on sarcasm. Best to just let the mind do that it wants.]

Wouldn't want to if I could. [He can appreciate the sympathizing. It's hard to geek out and stuff like that without being judged, but he's had decent luck with it lately. It helps.]

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