[and living in the present is something he'd been so adamant about doing for this long, even if he instinctively comes back to thoughts about the past or the future, or if the world has a funny habit of reminding him he's got the weight of time on his shoulders.]
[but as hard as it is to admit, none of that actually matters here, who knows how many light years or universes away from the broken session he'd left behind. if he'd been a different Dave, maybe, he would have gotten the message already: none of that, nothing that happens in the alpha timeline, is his business anymore. it's time to move on.]
[if there's only one thing that Ryuji could do for him, it's help get that message across to him. shed that particular set of baggage and really live in the moment, and be at peace with that. and, sitting there, watching Ryuji scroll through the more embarrassing parts of his playlist, it feels an awful lot like Dave is getting there. shitty space station camp with its shitty space-issued blankets, toilet ghosts, regular old ghosts and everything.]
[huh. maybe he can actually pull off the Dave of Guy look after all.]
That one. Got it.
[naturally, he's going to reach over and hit play on that Ponyo song. he's never heard it before, and has no idea what could be so embarrassing about it — and he's starting to feel comfortable enough in this situation to start being obnoxious again.]
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[but as hard as it is to admit, none of that actually matters here, who knows how many light years or universes away from the broken session he'd left behind. if he'd been a different Dave, maybe, he would have gotten the message already: none of that, nothing that happens in the alpha timeline, is his business anymore. it's time to move on.]
[if there's only one thing that Ryuji could do for him, it's help get that message across to him. shed that particular set of baggage and really live in the moment, and be at peace with that. and, sitting there, watching Ryuji scroll through the more embarrassing parts of his playlist, it feels an awful lot like Dave is getting there. shitty space station camp with its shitty space-issued blankets, toilet ghosts, regular old ghosts and everything.]
[huh. maybe he can actually pull off the Dave of Guy look after all.]
That one. Got it.
[naturally, he's going to reach over and hit play on that Ponyo song. he's never heard it before, and has no idea what could be so embarrassing about it — and he's starting to feel comfortable enough in this situation to start being obnoxious again.]