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thanks!

its mmddyyyy of when i was created

[ File get! It's a pretty easy password to him, but. Well. Kido can go snoop through hospital records to find out, but she probably won't find the accurate year on there due to how time shenanigans work. She could look through his wallet if she ever gets the chance, but it's a fake ID, so his birthday is also listed as an incorrect version too. She'll have to guess... ganba kido ]

[ That's too complicated and she doesn't care enough to put in any more effort than to ask again. ]

That's not helpful. When's your birthday?

some time last week 2009

why do you want to see anyway? it shouldnt be anything important to you

[ I think if Kido thought back a little, she probably could have guessed pretty easily, but it requires a lot of memory digging and so much happens in Hirajiro all the time so I wouldn't blame her for not wanting to LOL ]

[ You're overestimating her— and by which I mean my— memory for dates ]

Your birthday was last week? You should have said something. I would've gotten you something.

As for the file, I'm just curious about why that one in particular important to you. It would be easier if just took your phone back, and everything important would be on it- all your photos and old texts and everything. Those are all important things too, that you should have.

[ :')

Also, yeah, it would be easier, but Terry really doesn't want the phone back. And he doesn't need all that much from it anymore, and there's the sentimentality of old texts, photos, and videos, but now, more than ever, he doesn't want to see those either. It just makes him miss Jace even more and the peaceful life he had back then.

So instead of telling her all that ^, he just replies with: ]

08202009

and its fine. you didnt need to get me anything. im happy with what i have now :D

[ Once Kido unlocks the blackbox.txt file, it shows an incredibly in-depth physical profile of someone named "Terrence Nowell" and there's one thing that really stands out in the midst of all the complicated lingo on there: "Death point: left eye". ]

[ 2009 would mean that Terry was three when Kido died back home and that's just really weird to think about so she stows that information away. A year from now is also too long a time to think about, so she doesn't think she'll get the chance to celebrate a birthday with him, anyways.

Similarly, he's right in that none of this information is important or relevant to her in any way, info about who she can assume is his original because he wouldn't need a text document about himself. It's not like she's ever going to go up to his original and stab him in the eye, as much as she would like to for freaking Terry out so much the last time the guy was brought up and Terry was about to storm the forest looking for him.

... ]

Is everything okay?

[ Just staying with Kido, even when drunk, was enough of a present for him on that day. It's fine.

Everything is fine.

Everything is ▓▓▓▓. ]

yeah i just wanted to brush up on some things in case i do end up seeing him eventually

[ hm ]

Alright. Try not to obsess over it. He wasn't in the forest when we looked, and Souji and Minato are here now. You said they were strong. You don't have to fight him alone.

[ Everything will be fine. ]

Edited 2019-08-30 20:50 (UTC)

yeah... i hope so.
things should work out! theyre really strong after all

right. i keep forgetting to tell you but when i was going around and stuff, there was no ocean... and i found out some weird stuff about the lake. im not the lake expert though but some things are bugging me about it...

You miss the ocean, huh? You talk about it a lot, the ocean and the beach. Is the lake that much different?

[ ...

Huh. That was something he didn't expect to realize. Does he really like the ocean that much? Did he really talk about it that much?

Hm. ]

well yeah?? the lake in town might as well be toxic. but lakes are usually formed with rivers connected to the ocean, arent they? and if theyre connected with rivers, then the rivers should be toxic too, but you can drink from them and even do laundry in them...

There are water fountains in the park! Stop drinking from the rivers! Use the laundromat!

I DIDNT DRINK FROM THE RIVERS I SAW A PERSON FROM TOWN DO IT!!
BOTH OF THOSE THINGS!!!

You better not be. I better never see you do that either. Next time you see somebody do that, tell them to cut it out.

kido.........

but fine. i will. :(

but isnt it weird? because theres no ocean for all the water to come from... i dont think springs are a thing here either

It's for your own good. Someone's got to look out for you.
Do you think the water comes from the mountains? Or maybe it's an unnaturally dry summer, but there's usually a lot of rain?

i didnt see rivers in the mountains either... no waterfall too.

idk it just feels weird to me...... im not good at research though

You couldn't have combed through the entire mountain, though... There's a river between the castle and the town. Why don't you follow it upstream to see what the source is? There's no need to research something when you can figure out on your own.

[ about 30 minutes later... ]

THERES NO END TO THE RIVER

omg im going back to town

It's only been half an hour. Don't give up, Terrence.

kido

im over 100 miles away from town

Oh. Must be a large source of water... Maybe you can find the guides out there so they can send you home quicker.

im not gonna interrupt a married couple on their camping date... ill run on my own

It's what?

their camping date?

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