themainframe | 2nd Report [Text]

Ya think?

I don't like sitting around doing nothing...

Well it ain't like you're bein' helpful. How much of what you read today do you even remember?

... I can't even remember the last time I took a shower.

Thanks for sharing.

You're welcome.

Like I said, this thing? It ain't happenin' again.

....How are you dealing with it?

Dealing with what?

Being here. Not going out of your mind.

[ He falls momentarily silent. Hadn't he already crossed that line at some point back home? ]

It won't last forever. Bein' trapped here. Every step we take and every second that passes is us bein' that much closer to the end, whatever that might be. The only real thing that pisses me off about this place is that I spent my whole life training to be a hero, to use my own skills in the heat of battle, but these little monsters are impervious to just about anything humans can do. I have to rely on someone else and I hate it.

...Agreed. Relying on others... letting them do all the work while we just sit back giving them "Go you" and "You can do it". It's embarrassing...

Look at us. You're babysittin' kids. I'm pickin' up after other people. The two of us are combin' through a library and gettin' nowhere fast. All those years at Garden really paid off, didn't they? Tch.

I thought maybe.... maybe if I could find something in those books... I could have done something anything....

Even if we do end up finding some great secret in the library, it won't be us that can do anything with it. It'll be the furballs.

Basically it's pointless even if we find a little bit of information.

How's it pointless for you? You don't care about the recognition.

I still have to rely on him. I have to rely on others for information they don't have. I'm even relying on you.

[ He frowns and goes silent. ]

You're relyin' on me, huh?

[ Definitely has a nice ring to it. ]

I don't get you. After everything I've done to you and to Garden, you still trust me. What, did you forget all those things?

I haven't been sleep deprived for that long to forget.

Thought maybe all that GF usage got to ya. So tell me, why are you willing to trust someone like me? Did I redeem myself in your eyes without knowing it?

I don't really understand it myself...

Looks like you really are just that sleep-deprived.

You could ask me after a goodnight sleep and I still wouldn't understand. I'm still mad. Still mad at things that were done...but you weren't exactly sane.

... and you're the only one I know here.... [ he groans a little and shakes his head. ]

...Just get in your room and go to bed, Squall.

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