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[perfectible]

Yes. He was a friend of mine.

[ is that you, oliver? ]

[caputium]

I'm sorry I disappeared before I got to make good on my promise to you.

[perfectible]

[ her heart sinks a little.] Oliver... I wish you weren't dragged back here. You don't deserve it.

[ her memories of this place are so fractured. ]

To be honest, I don't even remember what that promise was.

[caputium]

None of us do.

( arriving and leaving, returning home only to be yanked back here? it leaves for an interesting timeline. )

I said I would help you with what was bothering you. It feels like a lifetime ago.

[perfectible]

I got sent home and brought back too.

Please don't feel bad. I'm okay now. [ mostly ]

[caputium]

They really like yanking people back.

And you're staying safe here?

( he vaguely recalls a pale kid with a camera, stirring the pot. )

[perfectible]

With or without memories, too.

I'm keeping my head down now. Are you okay?

[caputium]

Relatively speaking. My wife and son are here.

I’m staying out of trouble otherwise.

[perfectible]

You're married? And have a son? Here?

[caputium]

Yeah. My adult son. It's a long story.

I didn't stop to ask if this was their idea of a joke. Seemed futile.

[perfectible]

I guess a lot has changed.

Congratulations? I don't know if that's right to say.

[caputium]

It's too unusual for either of us to have the right words for. I'm glad you're okay.

Where are you staying?

[perfectible]

I'm in an apartment in the Up. I couldn't get back the house Jughead and I bought when I came back from being sent home.

[caputium]

Why? What happened to the property?

[perfectible]

They took it back after we both got home and emptied it out.