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[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ isn't entirely there even when the plane comes to a complete stop; the noise ringing in his head is as painful as he remembers it being, making him sway a bit while pressing a hand to his forehead. the world before his eyes seems to double, triple, merge back into one, then double again, while the blueprint-world throbs in noisy emptiness. makes small whimpering noises when they're walking, barely hanging onto consciousness by focusing on that comforting, erratic heartbeat he knows is near.

gropes around for a smaller hand that he knows is around (but can't remember why it would be right this moment) while mumbling absentmindedly under his breath in german, as if he's welcoming himself back home. ]

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[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ shakes his head afterward. ]

But SAVE do not need me in Deutschland. And Nathan and new team is not here.

1/2

[prideofpuppy.livejournal.com]

[ picks up on that but shrugs a bit, leaning on him more. ]

Home is more important to you anyway. Nothin' to be sorry about.

[prideofpuppy.livejournal.com]

[ tilts his head up, prodding caleb's nose once with a smile. ]

Home got to you first. It's lucky.

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ shakes his head, ignoring the poke. ]

Nein! Nathan is important. Team is important. I visit Home when it is okay.

[prideofpuppy.livejournal.com]

[ frowns a bit, letting his hand fall to the ground. ]

Sure, but I doubt you'd have to stay away forever.

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ just smiles, giving a small shrug. ]

Ja, not forever. Come back some-day.

[prideofmusic.livejournal.com]

[ glances up, feeling like something is off about that comment... then shrugs a bit himself, dropping the topic to instead stare at the fire in thought once more. ]

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ just rubs his nose into nathan's hair again, blowing out his breath against the strands playfully. ]

Nathan is nice. But I am okay, so be happy, ja? Together!

1/2

[prideofmusic.livejournal.com]

[ almost seems like he's not going to reply, too lost in his calculations to notice anything else. only picks up on a few of those words, blinking up at him curiously. ]

Yeah, sure.

[prideofmusic.livejournal.com]

[ jumps a little when he feels his phone vibrate in his pocket, making him shift a bit to yank it out. stares down at the text message, heaving a great big sigh before muttering: ]

Stupid.

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ doesn't notice the phone as he's too comfortable to move his head to glance down. as such, tenses a little when he hears the word. ]

. . . Entschuldigung, Nathan.

[prideofmusic.livejournal.com]

[ again, another sigh. ]

Not you, dummy.

[ shows him his phone briefly, once again shifting to properly type something back. ]

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ leans away so that he can blink down at him. ]

Important? SAVE?

[prideofmusic.livejournal.com]

[ shakes his head, deleting one draft to begin another. ]

Not important. Not really.

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

But not really important is important?

[prideofmusic.livejournal.com]

[ gives another shake of his head, once again deleting what he wrote. ]

Just my stupid brother sending me a stupid message. Does this every year.

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ grins. ]

From family! Is nice!

[prideofmusic.livejournal.com]

Is not nice.

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ droops a little bit. ]

But from family. . . ? From people Nathan like, and like Nathan.

[prideofmusic.livejournal.com]

[ gives him a considering gaze. shrugs a bit, staring down at his phone indifferently. ]

It's not that I don't like him. I just don't care about birthdays.

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ blinks. ]

Birthday? Family birthday? Nathan birthday?

[prideofmusic.livejournal.com]

[ before pressing send he says a simple: ]

Mine.

[ beep. ]

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

[ pauses. then: ]

EHHHH--?!

[prideofmusic.livejournal.com]

[ blinks and looks up at him. ]

What?

[echolocating.livejournal.com]

Nathan birthday! Today?!