JOHN: but we can't give up, right? JOHN: i mean, we've all been in worse situations and gotten out of those, right? ROXY: er ROXY: have we rly JOHN: well... JOHN: hm. JOHN: no, i guess we haven't. JOHN: i guess this like, may be quite literally the worst thing that's ever happened?? JOHN: i mean, not to put too fine a point on ranking shitty things. JOHN: but this is about as unbelievably shitty as it gets. JOHN: i keep thinking about what i could have done to... JOHN: or what i STILL could do if only i... JOHN: if somehow i could learn to control this... JOHN: or like, even better understand this... JOHN: this stupid, zappy, retconny... JOHN: WHATEVER IT IS. JOHN: bluh. ROXY: john yo ROXY: chill JOHN: chill? ROXY: yes ROXY: maybe we should try to like ROXY: not worry about shit so much anymore JOHN: why not? JOHN: there are so many problems! ROXY: i know ROXY: i know all about the problems ROXY: and we are both way brave and all ROXY: im sure between us we proved that hella many times already ROXY: but man ROXY: i never wanted anything more than to meet my mom ROXY: to meet rose i mean ROXY: and to just ROXY: be with her and talk ROXY: and try to understand this bond i felt like we always had without ever knowin each other ROXY: i kept getting so close ROXY: dreamin about her... ROXY: wakin up too soon... ROXY: and finally ROXY: the last time i woke up ROXY: was just in time to see her die ROXY: its like ROXY: the witch was holding out just long enough for the dream to feel like a real possibility ROXY: before taking it away ROXY: then u take that ultrasad thing ROXY: and pile on all the other brutal manure raining down on this epic shit charade ROXY: and ive got to say john ROXY: this is starting to feel an awful lot like the end JOHN: the end? ROXY: yeah ROXY: whatever the end of the road feels like ROXY: has gotta feel like this ROXY: maybe we should just ROXY: admit to ourselves this is probably what its like when you find yourself in a timeline where everything went wrong ROXY: and you know it means youre doomed ROXY: and the only thing left to do is face the fact you have to ride it out into nothingness ROXY: stop worryin so much ROXY: and try to let it go JOHN: you mean, like. JOHN: ... JOHN: what do you mean? ROXY: i mean ROXY: accept that we lost ROXY: admit that the people we wanted to be with ROXY: the life we always wanted ROXY: it was never gonna happen ROXY: except maybe in the afterlife ROXY: our friends are there ROXY: callies there ROXY: my mom is there ROXY: why shouldnt we be there too ROXY: why not just ROXY: let the doomed timeline work its gloomy majyyks ROXY: and slip away into nothing with the rest of this mess JOHN: ...