♦ } breathing in the chemicals

[rigging]

[ Alright, so Kenzi convinced him. Jesse's going to talk to Galen, he is. He just... gets distracted. Talking with Wallie lasted longer than he expected, and by the time he got back, Galen wasn't in his room. So Jesse took residence in one of the other empty rooms and ended up sleeping through the rest of the night and day. He was so tired.

But when he gets up, he gets coffee. Brings it to Galen's room early, like earlier than Jesse feels like he should be up at, it's like seven -- and knocks on the door. ]

Hey. You awake, baby? [ Jesse says against the door, gnawing on his lip. ]

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[rigging]

[ Jesse scrunches and doesn't meet Galen's gaze. He's still holding, still close, but only because none of this happened to this Galen. He still feels safe with this Galen, and that... is relieving and painful at the same time. ]

Just a bit. [ Only because he promised not to lie. And he doesn't want to hurt Galen with it, so he quickly moves on. ] But that ain't happened for you yet. And - and I think I can help stop it before it does, yeah?

[gleans]

Oh my god. [ Galen closes his eyes, presses his forehead against Jesse's. ] This is so fucked up. How do you stop something like that?

[rigging]

I dunno, just - lucid dreaming? Patrolling, sorta? M'gonna figure it out. I got this chance, m'gonna take it.

[gleans]

Baby. I'm so sorry that this even fucking happened. [ Kees. ] I can -- we can try that, I guess. Whatever you think might help. I'll tell you if I notice anything weird, too.