[SCIEN JUST LIKE :man_standing: JUST AS DAHUT HAD BEEN THE FIRST TIME IT WAS BROUGHT UP. He just nods and sighs and says very honestly:]
I don't think I can love anyone. [JUST AS A PERSON, NOT EVEN BIOLOGICALLY. Romance is not in his cards.] But he wasn't asking after it in a romantic sense, I'm pretty sure... Since I had just been talking about how hard it is to not fuss over you when you're such a mess.
[LISTEN Scien said it was impossible but Dahut's memory bank is in fact very capable of (non-romantic) love, only romantic love is impossible. He can't be tumblr problematic with ANYONE ON THIS DAMN SHIP.]
We're supposed to be talking about the interesting conversation that happened after Monsieur Dion asked me that question, not dissecting my emotional capabilities.
—?! Stop making it weird! [HE'S GOING TO HIT SCIEN WITH A BRICK HE HATES IT HERE SO DAMN BAD.] That interesting conversation had nothing to do with the two of us and everything to do with the two of you!
[His conversations are a rollercoaster that go all over the damn place.]
[FUCKING HELP THE 1 IN EVERY 10 LINES THAT'S A BANGER INSTEAD OF BEING SCIEN BEING INSUFFERABLE. He just sighs a little, though, some of his brick-hitting annoyance leaving him.]
You really don't know how to do anything with only a little bit of yourself, it's true... [But that's the insane behavior that saved his nation, so.] Well! If you have faith in his love, then that's what matters.
[HE REALLY SAID I'M NOT LIKE THE REST OF YOU FOOLS. Dahut just fucking laughs because it's truly such a sasuga Scien thing to hear him say.]
You're so funny. [Just, unintentionally. As a creature that exists in this world.] He's really going to have his hands full with you! I wonder if he realizes the extent of it yet?
[DAHUT JUST HERE LIKE :man_standing: he hopes Dion is ready for this...]
...I'm sure he could handle it! [JUST A LITTLE SURPRISE... And then, with a sigh:] I'm a little sad I won't be there to see all of the fun things like your wedding.
[On the one hand, this suggestion leaves his version of the island alone so he is satisfied. On the other, the way this is the first time in his wholeass Reliver life that he's having a moment of like BUT I WANT THIS THING!! When alternate timelines fuck you up so much worse than clone bodyhopping.
He's still considering it, though. Mostly he is considering how spiteful he wants to be toward the version of himself whose life he's already ruined, but whose happiness is basically guaranteed.]
We're really looking at the butterfly effect up close and in person, huh... Well! If his brain melts, then I'll just be the sole holder of all this space data, I guess. It'll be an interesting experiment, though!
It would be a little sad. We've come to know each other even better, after all!
[Does his own Scien not know him as well because of his own actions and decisions? Maybe so........ He's too wary of being stopped to want to bridge that gap so he'll just keep whacking at his salvation hands with a fly swatter.]
I guess I owe a little something to myself, too, so not everything is a nasty surprise.
[would it? scien looks thoughtful at that. it's funny how someone accused him of already being capable of love, of cherishing others, but that's not quite right. scien in his current iteration is always ready to let go—his favor can so easily be one-sided, because it doesn't matter to him if he's known or cared for in return.
the only reason he's even offering this is because dahut suggested that he might be sad]
I will be doing things in a different order than you're expecting.
[very upfront. scien is going to rattle this little shit so hard because otherwise he's not going to comply. he will drug and abduct his own dahut for his own good]
But this need not be the end, if you don't want it to be.
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scien just
looks so confused by the end]
You can't love me.
[LIKE JUST
BIOLOGICALLY]
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I don't think I can love anyone. [JUST AS A PERSON, NOT EVEN BIOLOGICALLY. Romance is not in his cards.] But he wasn't asking after it in a romantic sense, I'm pretty sure... Since I had just been talking about how hard it is to not fuss over you when you're such a mess.
[Like a mother with their shitty hamster son.]
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[even aside from being tumblr problematic, scien simply doesn't think their relationship is like that. he tilts his head, thoughtful]
Do you believe you can love someone in a non-romantic sense other than your mother?
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We're supposed to be talking about the interesting conversation that happened after Monsieur Dion asked me that question, not dissecting my emotional capabilities.
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[that's such a weird topic to just invite because scien is an existence that understands dahut will also betray him at literally any moment
the hypothetical is easier]
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[His conversations are a rollercoaster that go all over the damn place.]
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[NOT 'OBVIOUS'
I HATE THIS ARROGANCE]
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You really make me want to hit you with something big and heavy sometimes, you know? You do!
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I feel as though I didn't say anything untrue.
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Well, at least you're still as confident as you ever are with anything, to the surprise of no one who's known you for longer than thirty seconds.
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I do nothing in half-measures, and that includes giving myself to someone, as long as I receive their heart in return.
[ok finally i get to write something kinda romantic]
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You really don't know how to do anything with only a little bit of yourself, it's true... [But that's the insane behavior that saved his nation, so.] Well! If you have faith in his love, then that's what matters.
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[helppppp]
I get tired enough of watching that in others here.
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You're so funny. [Just, unintentionally. As a creature that exists in this world.] He's really going to have his hands full with you! I wonder if he realizes the extent of it yet?
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[i think dahut is becoming more aware of the level of commitment scien expects before dion is]
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...I'm sure he could handle it! [JUST A LITTLE SURPRISE... And then, with a sigh:] I'm a little sad I won't be there to see all of the fun things like your wedding.
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scien tilts his head thoughtfully]
... if you're interested in another experiment, you could be.
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...What kind of experiment...
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I could see if the you in my timeline is compatible with the upload.
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He's still considering it, though. Mostly he is considering how spiteful he wants to be toward the version of himself whose life he's already ruined, but whose happiness is basically guaranteed.]
Mmm... I don't see why we can't give it a try.
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[and he won't take even one of dahut's friends away from him]
But we can see if his brain won't melt from two sets of memories, even if they mostly align until... whatever point.
[route selection between act 1 and act 2]
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[He doesn't know about Nadia.]
We're really looking at the butterfly effect up close and in person, huh... Well! If his brain melts, then I'll just be the sole holder of all this space data, I guess. It'll be an interesting experiment, though!
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[since otherwise, even if they are from the same place, their timelines so clearly diverge]
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[Does his own Scien not know him as well because of his own actions and decisions? Maybe so........ He's too wary of being stopped to want to bridge that gap so he'll just keep whacking at his salvation hands with a fly swatter.]
I guess I owe a little something to myself, too, so not everything is a nasty surprise.
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the only reason he's even offering this is because dahut suggested that he might be sad]
I will be doing things in a different order than you're expecting.
[very upfront. scien is going to rattle this little shit so hard because otherwise he's not going to comply. he will drug and abduct his own dahut for his own good]
But this need not be the end, if you don't want it to be.
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