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[Owen can be seen knocking back some sort of alcoholic drink at the bar nearby Discedo's hospital and, judging by the empty glasses and bottles around him, he's been there a while.

At first it seems like the device has turned itself on without his knowledge, but then he begins talking, not looking at the camera at all.]

You know...doesn't really matter where you go, same shit happens no matter what. You meet people, you lose them, you end up alone and none of it even really matters.

Seems to me the only smart thing to do is become a hermit, at least then you avoid all that drama and the idiots who populate this ridiculous world.

And it's not just Fortuna or Earth, it's everyfuckingwhere. I've seen all kinds of species and learned about all these different places and you think, for just a second, maybe there is something better, something that makes it all worth it, but then the second passes and you realize it never changes.

Every species, in every world, in every universe; they're all exactly the same and none of it ever fucking changes.

[He sighs heavily, knocking back another drink, before switching the device off.]

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[It was another one of those nights where Sora stayed in Discedo for work. She figured Owen went out for a walk or something just to clear his head and she tried to work on that pile of paperwork he had left on his desk for a week now.

That was until she saw the video broadcast.

She didn't know how much it took to get someone drunk but by the looks of all those empty bottles, she was going to find out. But what scared her the most was what he was talking about. What brought that up?

But even so, she immediately left the hospital and went to the bar where he was hopefully at. When she spotted his figure, she walked over and lightly tapped his shoulder.]

Harper-san?

[He glances over his shoulder at her and sighs, looking away.]

Sora...what'dyou want? Shouldn't you be home, sleeping or whatever teenage girls do at this hour.

You forgot I was doing an overnight didn't you?

[Peers at the bottles.]

Maybe we should go, it's kind of late.

[He makes a small waving motion and starts to pour himself another drink.]

Why would I do that? This is the first time I've been able to drink in months. Shoulda done it sooner, but I guess I got too caught up in playing doctor. What a joke.

And it looks like you've drunk the entire place dry. Please, come back Harper-san before you get hurt.

[She lightly puts one hand over the one pouring the drink.]

...please?

[He pulls his hand away, sharply, causing the substance in the bottle to spill before he finally has a mind to set it down.]

Yeah, and what do you care, huh?

You're just like everyone else! There's nothing different about this place, you'll leave or I'll go back to the darkness and none of it'll have even mattered!

I don't see why anyone should bother caring.

I'm here, aren't I?

If I didn't care, I would've ignored that broadcast and went on. But I didn't so that shows I care.

And even if I leave, I'll find a way to come back. I'll make them not send me.

Yeah? And what if I leave, Sora? I won't miss you or be able to try and come back because I'll be dead.

You sure you want to be here, now? You're trying to care about a corpse!

I don't see a corpse! You're right there breathing and talking like everyone else!

[Her voice gets a little louder as she speaks, totally unaware of anything going on around them.]

[He scoffs, the drinks completely forgotten.]

Yeah? Well, you're wrong. It's just a lie. There is no 'home' to go back to for me, there's only the pitch black of nothingness you get after death. You know what that tells me? There was no point to anything that happened to me and anything I did.

You do all these things and try to save all these lives and not just for them, but for yourself too. You hope it might gain you some points or make your life worth somethin' and it really, really, doesn't. You get a big 'ol reward of nothing.

Of course there's a home to go back to-

Wait...

[What he said is starting to sink into her mind.]

...you're dead?

[He gives a bitter laugh and picks up his drink, but doesn't really do anything but stare at it.]

Yeah. Twice, actually. I got shot, just here, [He points to his chest near where his heart was.] and then I decided to walk around for a couple months like a zombie until I was done in, again, by radiation.

I'm about as dead as you can get.

[It was the second time in two weeks that Sora was practically speechless. How do you console a person who was dead to begin with? What could you do? Was that why he was rather bitter about certain things? Now she was thinking how insensitive she was all this time.

But even so, she took his hand and started tugging it, a silent way of saying 'let's go'.]

[He looks at the bottles and the glass in his hand and downs the liquid inside before setting it down and standing up. He was wobbly, but he was a bit proud to notice that, while things were moving a bit oddly, he wasn't about to stumble around either. Apparently, his few months of being dead hadn't really done much to his tolerance levels.]

...yeah, alright...

[ For a moment Ange is quiet, just staring at the feed which ended already for a little while, but then as she turns on her own feed she just makes a somewhat bitterly amused sound. ]

Yeah, you got it exactly right. Pretty funny how you didn't realise that until you started drinking, apparently.

But...just because the end result is... That doesn't mean that the things you do and the people you meet don't matter!

[Good, he got the message. Sora is now going to lead him out of the bar and maybe back to the hospital. On second thought...somewhere that doesn't have lethal equipment.]

[Drunk and pissy, he just scoffs.]

Yeah, well, some of us're busy. Didn't exactly have time before now to contemplate life and all its disappointments.

Oh really? And what's the point of them, then? If it all leads to the same thing, what's the bloody point of it?

Because the ending isn't the only thing that matters! What happens on the way is more important, even!

[He follows, not really caring where they were going.]

Why're you trying to help me?

Because I'm your friend.

[It was said like it was something natural for her to say and in a way, it was. The first place Sora spotted was the Christian Frederick Apartments and that's where she went off to. It looked quiet enough for them so it wasn't anything when she found a free place on the first floor. She ushered Owen inside and made him sit on the couch in the living room.]

Alright, now tell me everything.

Sometimes, you can save them if you want to enough.

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