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[mofi]

hey, this is murphy. i didn't pick up because i don't want to talk to you.

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[borntokill]

Yeah, exactly. A fucking delight, [ Wesley shakes his head, taking a sip of his beer. He recognises that sarcastic tone and knows exactly what Murphy means by it. Wesley's the exact same after all. It's easy to be around him for this reason. There's no reason to pretend he doesn't have a serious case of impostor syndrome. ]

Raven's been here all that time and stuff has happened? [ Wesley guesses with another gulp of his beer. ] She missed you and then she moved on. And now you wonder if it would have been better if you'd just stayed away. [ Wesley snorts and then smiles crookedly at Murphy. ] I'm probably projecting. I know it's a fucking whiplash because you have no recollection of those years that you were away.

[mofi]

[ Wesley guesses correctly, of course. Murphy's an open book with his emotions, especially when it came to people he most cared about. In this instance, it's Raven. Murphy lets Wesley talk and he spends this time polishing off his beer. He assumes there going to be here for a little while.

He holds up two fingers to flag the bartender back over to them. The next thing he holds out is his empty glass. ] I'll have another one of these.

So, [ he starts to say, attention drifting back to Wesley. ] We're going through the same shit. I've been dealing, for the most part.

[borntokill]

[ Wesley shrugs, just because. He keeps an easier pace with his beer. It's not going to get him drunk just in a need to take a leak. He'll need some serious alcohol before it'll take an effect. ]

I guess you just gotta get over it. That's what I've gleamed off this experience. [ He grins, sharply. ] I left pretty much at the tail end of the Fort Harmony bullshit. Missed a whole lot of action. For some reason that's not really what bugs me even if it's hard to get a ring on that as well. But... The weirdest thing is that most people I knew back then are gone and Dominic has somehow gotten married and fallen in love with two other dudes in that time. It's taken some time to swallow that's for sure.

[ He gives Murphy a look that is both surprisingly open and curious. ] Have you worked out any of that with Raven yet?