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[thatboyisamonster]

So. You've come.

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[thatboyisamonster]

[ he scoffs, some of his hair falling over his face ]

[scienceping]

[if he blinked he might miss the way Spock's hand twitched against the glass, like he wanted to reach through it ...]

[thatboyisamonster]

You do yourself a disservice by coming here.

[scienceping]

How so?

[thatboyisamonster]

What was the point? I am here.

[scienceping]

The point was to, at the very least, see you.

[thatboyisamonster]

And you have.

[scienceping]

... Would you rather that I depart?

[thatboyisamonster]

[ pause ]

War is coming, Spock. It's not safe here.

[scienceping]

Even here within this chamber?

[thatboyisamonster]

[ waves his hand, flippant ]

I doubt I'll be in here much longer. Thor will need my help.

[scienceping]

Then I would accompany you, if I could.

[thatboyisamonster]

No. It'll be dangerous. And you don't have what it takes.

[scienceping]

[falls silent, but his fingers twitch slightly again]

[thatboyisamonster]

[ sigh ]

There are some things you cannot do.

[scienceping]

I am well aware.

[thatboyisamonster]

I know.

[scienceping]

... I do not yet wish to depart.

[thatboyisamonster]

So, of course, you leave the moral decisions to me.

[scienceping]

[... slight huff]

Perhaps, but I have yet to choose to act on them.

[thatboyisamonster]

[ rolls his eyes ]

I am not so badly off as you might think.

[scienceping]

Oh?

[thatboyisamonster]

I have books. Food. Necessities.

[scienceping]

So I have observed.

[glancing at the table beyond the glass]

You are still a prince of Asgard.

[thatboyisamonster]

Apparently. Or I am finally taking my status as a lost relic, to be stowed away until they have need of me.