CONTACT [EL NYSA]

[priorly]

[Greetings, Prophet. The Great Work Begins.]
(leave a message after the tone)

Comments

[priorly]

Do you trust me?

[badgerlock]

Yes.

[priorly]

Well, that's all you needed to say.

[badgerlock]

Well.

I trust you.

[priorly]

I'm not sure it's mutual, currently. I feel as if you're leading toward asking me to do something terrible.

[badgerlock]

You're the prophet, not me.

You're perfectly safe with me, Prior.

[priorly]

But the timing of it. Why now? Most people establish trust when they think it's going to be tested.

[badgerlock]

Because now. Although I do understand the suspicion.

[priorly]

Because now isn't an answer. Who taught you that and were they over twenty?

[badgerlock]

[The Fool would have chewed him out of that too.]

Yes, you're right.

But yes. It's because I thought I would be fine being alone.

[Because he's lonely, Prior.]

[priorly]

There are degrees of alone. Most people have a limit to what's tolerable.

[badgerlock]

I always had Nighteyes.

[priorly]

My eyes are terrible at night.

Are you still living by yourself? You do know we have this thing called civilization? You'd be accepted into it.

[badgerlock]

I'm not living in the woods.

[priorly]

No? I'd envisioned this picturesque little hut.

[badgerlock]

I would have had to build it on my own and I haven't had time.

[priorly]

But you are living alone?

[badgerlock]

Yes.

[priorly]

Have you thought about taking out an ad?

Tall, handsome and medieval seeks similarly retro roommate for long late night conversations. Let's share our dreams (potentially literally). Must love dogs.

[badgerlock]

You do know what I'm going to say, right?

[priorly]

Yes, Prior, what a wonderful plan. Call the personals column at once.

Then explain to me what an ad is.

[badgerlock]

You do this on purpose.

[priorly]

And you keep coming back.

[badgerlock]

In my experience prophets never make sense anyway, and delight in confusing me. So this is no great surprise.

[priorly]

It's why you like me. Because I remind you of your friend.