six ;; voice

[thequarterback]

[No video this time. Voice only. He wasn't even going to bother with that. This was originally text, but he feels confident enough right now to speak. Video is just out of the question though. There's no chance of that right now]

I just have one question, you know, something I've been sorta wondering about. [He's trying to keep his voice steady and his tone light, but he can't seem to really bring much life to it] Go ahead and ignore me if this is too personal or whatever, but how do you deal with death? [He pauses] I mean, there's been that stuff on the news about vampire attacks and people dying and everything. So it just got me thinking, I guess. [That's not how he started thinking about it at all] I mean, I, uh, I never really lost anyone close to me before, at least not anyone I remember. 

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[thequarterback]

Don't people die here all the time?

[inthejunk]

Uh...I'm...that's what people say.

[Sigh.]

I uh. I guess there's-sometimes...you know.

[Least helpful peptalk ever, because he just trails off sadly, there.]

I had a-ugh. You might...you might want to wait. With friends. For a while. B-because I guess people...you know.

[thequarterback]

Do you have a hard time talking about death or something?

[inthejunk]

Doesn't everyone?

[thequarterback]

I don't know. Not exactly. [As long as it doesn't get into specifics about his girlfriend's recent death, then it's not really a hard topic for him to talk about]

[inthejunk]

Sorry. I guess that's not much help. [There have just been a few too many deaths going around lately, man.] You should definitely stay close to your friends. They'll help.

[thequarterback]

[There have been. Fortunately, only one of those deaths involved someone close to Finn. Well, fortunately for him, at least] Yeah, that's what everyone else has been saying too. The only real problem with that is that I'm not the only one who lost her, you know? They did too.

[inthejunk]

Then they probably need you as much as you need them, right?

[thequarterback]

But they don't need my problems on top of theirs. [At least that's how Finn sees it. Going to his friends makes sense and all...]

No. No, you're right.

[inthejunk]

[That's not especially convincing...]

Uh. Having a place to go and think might help, too. One with a good view is probably the best.