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[snowpiercer]

You think third time's the fucking charm for anything, don't you?

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[cursedmelody]

Do you think there needs to be a limit to how many times you can try something?

[snowpiercer]

No— [ Jesus. ] —that's not what I'm—

[ Christ, it's just a fucking kid. ]

[cursedmelody]

[No, not a child, despite her very short stature, her voice is quite mature, but it's hard to make a guess at her age with those loose, baggy clothes and her mousy face.

Speaking of mice, her ears are quite keen— would it help to point out that she can hear heartbeats? Because she can.]

Oh, your melody's disrupted— that was my fault, wasn't it?

I'm sorry if I scared you. I don't bite, I promise.

[acasta]

Would it make you feel better to anticipate failure, instead?

[snowpiercer]

[ He huffs out a laugh. ]

Hell no.

[acasta]

[ She shrugs, then, as if to say, well, there you have it. ]

Be glad she has plans.

[snowpiercer]

I won't, if they're no good.

[acasta]

Good or not, they might instigate change. I'm led to believe that change — or the difficulties in achieving it — is the crux of your world, anyhow. It's that or stagnate.

[snowpiercer]

[ Your world. (Who is this girl?) ]

Point of anybody's world, don't you think?

[acasta]

More, or less so, in some cases.

[encircle]

Third, fourth - you're lucky if it ends there. The possibilities are endless around here.

[snowpiercer]

You almost make it sound optimistic.

[encircle]

That all depends on the person behind the keyboard. [ she smiles, vaguely. ] Optimism's not always their top priority, but at least they're imaginative about it.

[snowpiercer]

So, what.

[ He doesn't sound impressed — that's his nature, when it comes to people outside of the end of the line. ]

You ever been stuck? On a loop, day after day after day? That's not optimism, that's insanity.

[encircle]

Like I said, it's not the top priority, but furthering insanity's another story entirely. [ a brief, seemingly thoughtful beat. ] Though I can't think of anyone experiencing a loop who'd find it tolerable.

[snowpiercer]

[ He looks— annoyed, but it's a misplaced anger. ]

You always talk like this? Mirroring?

[unfuck]

Yeah. They're a bunch of hopeless fuckin' optimists.

[snowpiercer]

I'd take a solid plan over optimism.

[unfuck]

What, not a fan of improvisation?

[welter]

[ with a huff that might be laughter (dry, not quite hitting the note of humour right on the head), ]

Well, what the fuck were you expecting?