I'll be the watcher of the eternal flame [Eachdraidh IC Contact]

[zerotohiro]

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voice | 8/3

[uneulogized]

No.

[He doesn't lie, because there's no point in lying. He literally ran away from an assignment from Morla because of his failure in Mair, because he had been unable to find a solution that would make all of their lives better. The Shuck wanted them dead. The Red Hand was a manipulative organization. The Cult was trying to kill Avatars for power so that they could devour it, for some reason. That part is still murky. And now the dwarves wanted to speed up Armageddon while holding on to information they needed.]

But Clarke's helping me out. [Both currently and in the future. He won't get better, but he can't just stop.]

You should probably get going. [This isn't blowing him off, not entirely. He just doesn't want to talk about it again, not to Clarke, not to Loki, not to anyone. Highlighting the odds stacked against them is one of his least favorite things.]

voice | 8/3

[zerotohiro]

...oh. [It's hard to say if the "oh" is because of the easy dismissal or because of the fact that Clarke's helping him. On the one hand, he's grateful for that. On the other though...it doesn't help him feel any less terrible about avoiding him for a month.]

Okay. [It's awkward. He recognizes it's awkward and there are a lot of things he has to say, but he doesn't quite know how to say them.] I'll let you know when Loki and I get what we need.

voice | 8/3

[uneulogized]

Loki's in charge of that stuff, so you should be reporting to him, anyway.

[Also known as: another way to brush Hiro off.

Despite his desperate attempts at not hanging up on anyone after Ariadne chastised him, he does it this time.]