Oh! [Right, that's important.] We were about to Bill-proof the Shack. Mabel still has the unicorn hair!
[Because of course they're from the same time. Dipper knows that it doesn't have to be that way, but it makes so much sense that is that he doesn't really question it.]
And Stan's from after the Portal activated but before you actually came out of it. And Bill... well, he'd probably be lying whenever he said he was from.
[Ford rubs the bridge of his nose, but he's breathing a sigh of relief. It's good that Dipper hasn't seen what's coming--or what might be coming, because time is in flux, but it felt like a certainty. They're going to have actual fun talking about their tangles with time.]
I see. That'll make going home even more complicated, but I'm sure it can be done. [You know. Somehow!] I'm ahead of the rest of you, but not by much. Just the week before your birthday.
Oh yes, lots of party planning and walkie-talkies.
But more importantly, we went on a mission together and I asked you to be my apprentice. I want to teach you everything I know and I know you're absolutely up to the challenge.
[He thinks Dipper deserves to know at least that much. What harm could that do to the timestream, anyway?
Ford, HOW IS THAT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEIR BIRTHDAY?]
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[which means he's going to try anyway.]
Speaking of time, what's the last thing you remember from home?
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[Because of course they're from the same time. Dipper knows that it doesn't have to be that way, but it makes so much sense that is that he doesn't really question it.]
And Stan's from after the Portal activated but before you actually came out of it. And Bill... well, he'd probably be lying whenever he said he was from.
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I see. That'll make going home even more complicated, but I'm sure it can be done. [You know. Somehow!] I'm ahead of the rest of you, but not by much. Just the week before your birthday.
[JUST.]
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[Technically. And as long as he can get away with it, he's not acknowledging that he's really just twelve. Forever and ever and ever.]
Are we planning a party? Mabel and I throw great parties.
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But more importantly, we went on a mission together and I asked you to be my apprentice. I want to teach you everything I know and I know you're absolutely up to the challenge.
[He thinks Dipper deserves to know at least that much. What harm could that do to the timestream, anyway?
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[That's........ holy heck. Dipper stares at him.]
That's... that'd be amazing!