IC Contact (Snowblind)

[rubikscomplex]

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[rubikscomplex]

There's no one back home you'd miss?

[termineur]

[ He thinks it over rather seriously, and his voice takes on a slightly more melancholic tone. ]

There's a couple. But they'd rather see me dead, so it's not much of an argument for going back.

[rubikscomplex]

[Oh.]

Do you have Al with you? Because it sounds like maybe you should go hug him, or something.

[termineur]

[ House can't see it, but this makes him smile. ]

Yeah, he's around. And maybe I should. He's pretty great at giving hugs, even with all that armor.

But I'm okay, really. I've thought about this a lot. I think I have a good chance if I go somewhere else. Maybe sometimes people just don't fit in the world they're born in. That's my guess.

cw: allusion to suicide

[rubikscomplex]

Maybe. I guess going somewhere else is better than other things you could do to try to escape.

[That's maybe a little dark to consider for an 11-year-old, but he hasn't been shielded from much in his life. Not with his father, anyway.]

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know I was okay and stuff. Thank you for trying to look out for me.

[termineur]

[ He's not wrong, but it's just more evidence for the pile that House had a really awful childhood.
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Sure. Guess I'll let you go relax and hang out with Flynn and Rhys some. Glad everything's all right- or getting more all right, anyway. Like I said, call me if you want to talk. Anytime, okay?

[ He doesn't exactly smile, but he looks more content than usual. ]

And ask Flynn about those classes, huh? I will too, next time I talk to him.

[rubikscomplex]

Sure! Talk to you later, Gabriel. [It might have been an awkward note to end the conversation on, but House makes an effort at a smile, himself, before hanging up.]