† FOUR [video]

[upstairsbrain]

Ouch. [ Sam winces as he comes onscreen, and the NV flickers a bit, as if it can't decide whether or not to work. ] Anyone else having tech problems? Maybe mine's just faulty, but... I dunno. It's shocked me a bunch of times in the past hour. And this is the third time I've tried to send out this call.

[ Sigh. He's supposed to be the nerdy one. Dean will never let him live this down. ]

[private to Prue:]
Hey. I wanted to check up, see how you're doing. Some of our kitchen stuff is on the fritz, too, so... if you'd like to grab lunch sometime soon, that'd be alright with me. [ There's a half-smile. ]

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[upstairsbrain]

So, it's not just me. [ He frowns pointedly. ] Are you okay?

[therightchoice]

I think so. I'm more worried that it's all me again.

[upstairsbrain]

I don't think so. [ He smiles, lightly. ] Just a hunch.

[therightchoice]

How good are your hunches?

[upstairsbrain]

Usually? Pretty good.

[therightchoice]

Oh. [ Jesse will just trust his word on it. ] I guess that makes you good hunters, huh?

[upstairsbrain]

Hopefully. [ He chuckles. ]

[therightchoice]

What's it like? Being a hunter, I mean.

[upstairsbrain]

It's-- [ How do you even describe it? It's the most miserable, thankless job in existence. You risk your life and limb, losing people, losing friends, family. Getting chased down, tortured, hurt. Blamed. Cursed. There's never rest, or peace, and it never, ever ends. Until you die a young death. Alone. ]

... It's redeeming. Without us, a lot of people wouldn't have made it.

[therightchoice]

Would you keep doing it?

[ Jesse remembers what was said to him: that once you are in a fight, you are in it to the bitter end. ]

[upstairsbrain]

Yeah. [ It's true; once you're in the life, you're in the life. ] If I can help people doing it, I won't stop.