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It's one of the things that actually has some sort of meanin' now, in relation to you, yes. And in relation to me, I guess? It's -

[ he nearly says "you know", pauses, and explains as though dirk didn't know. ]

There were a lot of things I was...disconnected from to at least some degree 'cause it was easier. This was one of those things, for a few reasons. I never mind doin' the shit I didn't give a fuck about before with you, or...lettin' myself start to give a fuck?

[ or. ADMITTING to giving a fuck. both things are hard. ]

[It has meaning now and it's because of him, and that hits.] Yeah?

[He just said so, Dirk. Obviously yeah. Dirk recovers after a minute and reaches a hand out for a fist bump across beanbags.]

Don't mess with Texas.

[ he's said it jokingly to people over the course of his existence, that very phrase. dave quirks a smile and reaches out to return the fist bump. ]

Only state with a catchphrase as iconic as that. Or the only one I'm acknowledgin'.

Your argument can sell itself easier on my ignorance.

[He literally only knows 'Don't mess with Texas' because of Dave.]

Ready for your next book?

You're lucky I've never actually tried to troll you 'bout the US of A or like, cultural shit.

[ he did it to the trolls all the time. but he's never bothered with dirk. ]

Sure, hit me up. How many more math books do I have to go?

Just thirty or so.

[JUST]

[ jfc dirk ]

Yeah, ok. [ MAY AS WELL, HE GUESSES. this would be so fucking boring if he were doing it with anyone other than dirk? ] You've made this a project fully in your head, haven't you.

It was always a project. I'm just helping it be a successful one.

[Dirk has committed to this.]

Have I ever told you that you're a super huge nerd?

[ said with, like. all the affection. not that it raises the even monotone that much for most people but w/e dirk knows him well enough to catch it. ]

Like. Poindexter levels. Except not lame?

You are literally going to school for fun. You're outnerding me by miles, bro.

[It's something Dirk thinks is good, admirable even. He's proud of it.

But boy is it nerdy.]

Yeah, maybe. I was never any fuckin' good at bein' cool, really.

[ it feels weird and wrong to actually say it out loud, but. he never got bro's ideal of it. if there even was an ideal. dave's never going to be certain how much of the bullshit standards he just...made up. ]

Tho I'm never gonna like earn a diploma with honors or anythin' on the grounds schools don't really exist. So I'm still safe.

[Dirk glances over at Dave. It is not about the 'cool' comment.]

What made you think there wouldn't be a diploma at the end of this? I am committed to your education, bro. A fancy piece of paper acting as an arbitrary signifier to your knowledge is requisite.

If you stay on your game you might even make the Dean's Roll. [Dirk gestures towards the Magister which means that apparently the Magister is the Dean]

Ok, but there's no way I'll be top of the class when I'm competin' with a super nerd.

[ he does not actually see them as competing right now. he's just talking to talk. and to avoid the thought of a diploma because now he's not sure? how much of that was a genuine desire but he thinks maybe he really does want something stupid and arbitrary and he doesn't want to like admit to it. so. ]

I have no idea what I would study in college if I "graduated" high school though.

We both know that I'm gonna deliberately flunk my tests as a protest against the system.

[He also does not see them as competing, or himself as even taking 'classes' in the same way Dave is. He thinks that what they're both doing here is a little different from each other.]

You can take a general major until you decide what you want to specialize in. You won't have to worry about tuition costs there due to socialism, and also money not being a thing.

Yeah money not bein' a thing is never going to be not really super normal. I'm used to thinkin' of it as a thing, until the game and even then it was still a thing? I just had so much of it that it was...less an important thing.

[ though he had Enough to get himself food usually from...his dumb websites... ]

...Technically I think I'm still torrentin' grist from John, somewhere out there.

Thereby makin' money more and more worthless somewhere out in the ether.

[He could not be more pleased.]

Hey, he had a shit ton of it and we needed it for house stuff. But yeah that was...huh, I guess that was a miniquest or somethin' for me more or less. I definitely wrecked more than just my own economy.

[ WHOOPS. ]

I'm possibly a criminal? I mean, almost definitely.

The things you did to that stockmarket are definitely illegal to start with.

[Also other laws like ones about swords and owning weapons whatever not important those are on Bro's hypothetical sheet]

I kinda figured although technically there aren't any laws about usin' time travel to abuse stocks. ...Are there.

[ he genuinely doesn't know but ]

That depends on the Nakodile legal books.

[Of course it depends on that.]

I'm...actually not 100% they even have any laws. TBH not sure how they had a stock market either? They were adorable but nooooooot the brightest.

[ ??????? belated consort questions. ]

Also I'm not sure what the fuck they did with the money they had. Jesus I guess I didn't investigate as well as I could have, but it was kind of a busy day even running all those loops.

They seem pretty funny. I'd like to learn more about them when we get the chance.

[just run off and rule their kingdom tbh]

It'd be cool to show you around LOHAC. As long as you don't mind lava? Or gears.

[ he has no idea why dirk would mind either. dave had a reason to mind a place full of metal sounds and danger and pain but.

it was his planet. he adapted. ]

No objections to either. It'd be interesting to see.

I'd give you the tour of LOTAK, but there wasn't much, and also you guys apparently managed to make it blow up, along with my apartment. [He wasn't there? He just knows that he no longer has a planet. Thanks, Lord Jacklish or whatever you're called.] The best I could give would be a memory tour.

[ he. blinks. ]

I forgot we could fuckin' do that for a few seconds. Uh. I guess next time we're out thataway we can do the dreamer guided tour shit?

[ A SHRUG. ]

Also we blew up so much shit in game I stopped keepin' track of what, exactly, got blown all to hell. Aside from knowin' my apartment is fine, since Jade had LOHAC with her.

[ he's not sure how he feels about that. he'd like some of his crap back but he would prefer to just let his apartment rot, otherwise? ]

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