I'm gonna say, [ and juno lingers on this ] that you're a little too deep in the bottle to be reassuring anyone. Much less me about that sort of thing.

[ it's not false hope, but it feels like a pat on the head being given to him by a kid who's had too much to drink already. ]

For all we know, we could be dreaming right now. Wake up in little weird test tubes. That'd be the real kicker.

[ he hums ] I remember we talked a bit about where you're from. Would you stay?