[That's easy. Thinking back doesn't hurt...across the borders, across time and space...]
I don't exactly have a home in the traditional sense anymore...lost the first one to a fire, then lost the second one to distance---strange story, it'd take ages to tell, but.
I've been alone for most of my life, but I was lucky enough to befriend one person. One morning I entered my laboratory to find an adventurous adolescent inside...he'd been compelled to obtain a part from 'crazy old man Brown'. Somehow, we worked out an agreement---he became my assistant, my confidante, and eventually my dear friend.
Marty's always believed in me when no one else would dare to, and I owe my life to him, but...even in my home dimension, an impossible distance separates us now. I've said my goodbyes.
[And he's right back to hurting, but...the idea of 'goodbye' has stirred up something from an ancient nightmare. The Soviets winning would've done awful things to the two of them---but they were good, weren't they? He has to lower his head in thought for another little while.]
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I don't exactly have a home in the traditional sense anymore...lost the first one to a fire, then lost the second one to distance---strange story, it'd take ages to tell, but.
I've been alone for most of my life, but I was lucky enough to befriend one person. One morning I entered my laboratory to find an adventurous adolescent inside...he'd been compelled to obtain a part from 'crazy old man Brown'. Somehow, we worked out an agreement---he became my assistant, my confidante, and eventually my dear friend.
Marty's always believed in me when no one else would dare to, and I owe my life to him, but...even in my home dimension, an impossible distance separates us now. I've said my goodbyes.
[And he's right back to hurting, but...the idea of 'goodbye' has stirred up something from an ancient nightmare. The Soviets winning would've done awful things to the two of them---but they were good, weren't they? He has to lower his head in thought for another little while.]