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DAVE STRIDER

consider this your warning about stairs. itll just keep happening bro. im telling you man

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I think that would be the case, yes. But at the beginning of last year was when the app showed up, right? You and Jade were different people.

[There's a pause though.] ...is that why it's so important that home feels safe? [He remembers that conversation, about their dorm and about John feeling like safety and it's bothered him on and off since then since he has become aware enough that Dave doesn't tell him everything.]

We were and we weren't. Even before either of us remembered me riddled with bullets, there were...things. [ whatever that means. he shrugs in response to the question, slouching back in the seat. ] And...maybe? There were people I was almost okay around but not quite. I didn't want them to know...things you already do.

Like the death thing. Or how certain things freak you out. [There's a lot to unpack here but he settles for a quiet sigh.]

...let's just go upstairs, okay?

Yeah. Sorry. [ for making things awkward, he means. dave slides out of the car before there's a response, waiting for john to get out before he locks up and tosses john his keys. ]

[He gets out of the car and he takes the keys, immediately moving instead so he's blocking Dave's path and putting his hands on his shoulders.]

Don't apologize for...whatever you think you should be apologizing for? [It was abrupt and he's not sure where Dave's head is at.]