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[sleepdarts]

( The device is carefully placed before the video starts, letting it show only the piece of paper in question. It's not quite the wanted signs of the past but it'll do the job.

ستة وسبعون

76. She's calling him out.

The video only stays on for five seconds before it switches off. It's done its job )

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[mylawn]

I wouldn’t be able to wrap my head around it.

[His talents mostly involve pointing a gun at something and pulling the trigger. This is a little out of his wheelhouse.]

I guess what it means is that I’m a different version of the me back home. The one you found.

[Or maybe he’ll just eventually be that version of himself, returned home to the point at which he left.]

Winston would be better at this.

[sleepdarts]

He would no doubt enjoy seeing this place.

( He was a scientist. It wouldn't only be the Ingress that could tempt him but the people, the planets. There was much for a scientist to explore here. As for Jack... )

You are still the same Jack I have known. That is what is important.

( Not just one memory. He still remembers the rest of their lives. She'd also know something was fishy with him )

[mylawn]

Guess so.

[He offers her something of a halfhearted smile. It's pained, though not because of anything she's done, simply because this is how he is, now. Jack will try his best for her, and there's still a sincerity to it underneath it all, in spite of everything.]

I'm glad you're back, Ana.

[Even if she doesn't remember being here or gone. It's no secret that Jack is lost without her, a sentiment he doesn't need to voice for her to know.]

[sleepdarts]

( There's a nod, and her own smile to join his. Whatever this is, and whatever they are or had that she's lost, there's always one thing that is constant: they're better together )

We will figure something out.

( It might not be everything but as long as it's enough to get by, or get out of dodge, will work )