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[punnybone]

Nice, always wanted one of those. Guess I'm doing a real stellar job.

[He just can't stop himself, sorry.]

But seriously, no worries. I've had enough bad nights to know how you feel.

[chasescenes]

[As long as it's making her smile, she's not going to complain about puns.]

Yeah? I'll try to be around if you need me for a bad night. Worst comes to worst, you can wake me up.

[punnybone]

Ha, well, I'll try not to let it get that far if I don't have to, but I'll keep that in mind. And right back at ya.

Hell, my bro would probably thank you for wakin' me. He thinks I sleep too much.

[chasescenes]

Do you think so?

[Since, that's really what affects things the most, not Tempus' opinion.]

[punnybone]

If you ask me, there's no such thing as too much sleep.

[chasescenes]

I'm pretty sure that's wrong. Scientifically.

[punnybone]

Hey now, I've got lots of first hand experience with this. I definitely know what I'm talking about.

[chasescenes]

Anecdotal evidence is no match for hard science, Serif.

[punnybone]

What if I'm secretly a scientist?

[chasescenes]

...Naaaah.

[She can't see it.]

[punnybone]

[Wow Yonaka. Should he take that as an insult?]

Heh, what, I don't seem like the type?

[chasescenes]

Not really. I mean, I don't know any scientists personally, so it's not like I'm an authority here... Just doesn't seem like your thing.

It's the work ethic, probably.

[punnybone]

Heh.

[It's a good thing he's always grinning, or he'd be giving himself away here. Oh, he's gonna remember this. Just in case.]

Yeah, not really my style, huh? Got a friend back home who's a scientist, she's definitely more the type.

Definitely don't envy her position.

[chasescenes]

Right? Seems like kind of a thankless job, too. People always go 'why haven't you cured cancer yet' and they have to go 'because I'm a geologist' or whatever.

[punnybone]

Yeah, it's not a fun job, far as I can tell. She's the royal scientist - or, uh, was, anyway - so lots of extra pressure.

Course, science was kinda weird for us in the Underground anyway.

[chasescenes]

[Definitely sounds hard...]

How so?

[punnybone]

Ha, well. Only so much that could be done stuck underground, y'know?

[Less resources, less room, less people motivated to even get into science at all...]

Plus lots of research was focused just on finding a way out.

[chasescenes]

Seems like that'd be the priority, yeah. At least you guys can work on something else now.

[punnybone]

Heh, true.

[Hopefully.]

I dunno what people're gonna work on now, but it'll be interesting to see.

[chasescenes]

It'll be something to look forward to, for when you get home.

[He is going home eventually, after all. Most people who aren't her are.]

[punnybone]

[...]

Yeah.

Guess so.

[It's nice to talk about. But even with what he's working for here, it's uh... still a little hard to actually look forward to the future back home.]

[chasescenes]

...Kind of hard to think of anything after this as real, huh. You start to think you'll be here forever, even while you're seeing people you've made friends with go home all the time.

[She knows that feeling, after being here for more than a year.]

[punnybone]

Something like that, yeah.

[It's an easier explanation than the actual reason, anyway. He'll gladly just take it.]

Guess that's natural after you spend a lot of time here, huh? 'Specially not knowing exactly how long it'll be.

[chasescenes]

A year and four months for me, so far. [She keeps track.] Most people don't spend that long.

I guess I'm just lucky.

[punnybone]

That long... Geez. Getting tired just thinking about that.

But there's worse places to spend that much time, huh?