John had closed his eyes - not to dismiss Bobby, but just to take a moment to reflect and focus on Bobby's words. Now he cracked one eye open, with just a sliver of a smile across his face indicating that he wasn't entirely in a funk. Bobby had that effect on him, at least. "I bet you don't actually want to hear it," he murmured, softly. "But if you're willing to bear my moaning, I probably shouldn't try to save you." Gathering up his thoughts, he tried pulling them together again. The prospect of starting anywhere seemed...to start in the wrong place.
"...Apparently, that version of me got out early," he said, looking somewhere over Bobby's head, a fixed point in the wall. He didn't need to explain further what this Pyro had gotten out of, but he continued before the silence got too much. "And he and the other Bobby have some kind of...tangled emotional history, so it's nice to see some things are constant. But the other Bobby has a girlfriend - hell, he has an open relationship, apparently; and this other me has a girlfriend. Or had a girlfriend, anyway."
He sighed a little, and reached for the bottle to take a swig, before putting it back down. "...It's Em. They were together. Meeting me has probably completely done her head in and I didn't even know." He was sad for her, and sorry for himself.
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Date: 2016-01-08 10:35 am (UTC)"...Apparently, that version of me got out early," he said, looking somewhere over Bobby's head, a fixed point in the wall. He didn't need to explain further what this Pyro had gotten out of, but he continued before the silence got too much. "And he and the other Bobby have some kind of...tangled emotional history, so it's nice to see some things are constant. But the other Bobby has a girlfriend - hell, he has an open relationship, apparently; and this other me has a girlfriend. Or had a girlfriend, anyway."
He sighed a little, and reached for the bottle to take a swig, before putting it back down. "...It's Em. They were together. Meeting me has probably completely done her head in and I didn't even know." He was sad for her, and sorry for himself.