once I had taken “forever” for granted between us, but I was younger, then.

[nineteenfortyfive]

CLAIRE FRASER | OUTLANDER | SEASON 5
returnjourney: INBOX | PERMISSIONS

Comments

[smugreport]

Something about how it existed but no one that lived on this ship was in it.

[nineteenfortyfive]

I would hope not.

[smugreport]

But he made it sounds really...ominous.

[nineteenfortyfive]

Rhys, darling. Do you think there's any chance he may have been joking?

[smugreport]

Yes? Totally. That was actually my first thought!

[ It wasn't. ]

But that guy's pretty...Look, I still don't know how much he's like the guy he was made to look like. You can't blame me for making some serious notes about the things he says.

[nineteenfortyfive]

Not big on puns and such, are you?

I am curious about that. You're... not friends, I can tell.

[smugreport]

I have an entire book of puns actually so I'm basically an expert these days.

And well it's kinda hard to let loose with a guy who looks identical to a man who ruined your life? Almost identical.

[nineteenfortyfive]

Why do you have a book of puns?

[And why is she struck by the fact that she can very much relate to Rhys in this moment?]

I know how that goes. I wish I had advice for you, but I never really figured it out.

[smugreport]

One of those bug things dropped it and I've decided not to question it further.

[ He hopes she doesn't actually know how that goes, in the way Rhys knows. ]

I know he's not him. He just looks and sounds and sometimes acts exactly same. It's fine! And not totally unnerving.

[ Er. Anyways... ]

Hey you know old things right?

[nineteenfortyfive]

It's all right to find it unnerving, you know. It's human.

Define "old things" for me, Rhys.

[smugreport]

Believe me, I know.

Old like- y'know it's better if I just show you.

[ And he switches to video, though he's out of frame for a moment before coming back with an 8 track player. ]

Check this out! The bug things dropped this too. Super ancient tech and noooo idea how to make it work. I think it's some kind of media player? I has volume and tuning knobs, looks like it has a radio function too-

[ a throat clear ]

Anyways. I uh, I don't know what one of those things was doing with something like that but I figured it might be from your time, and maybe you'd know how to get it started up. What kind of media it takes or batteries, something like that.