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[alwayskayaking]

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You've reached Tim Stoker. I'm out at the moment. Leave me a message and I'll return your call soon.

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[compellingstatement]

[The laughter stings. Jon knows on some level that this is Tim coping, that he probably doesn't think it's actually funny, just... doesn't know how to react to circumstances that haven't happened, yet. But that doesn't mean it's not a bit like getting slapped in the face for trying to be vulnerable.

He can't be. Not with Tim. Not like this. It's probably good to have the reminder on something relatively mild.]

For a time, yes. I think maybe we've had enough of a heart-to-heart, Tim. So, unless you have any other pressing questions or murder plots to share, I think I should probably get back to work.

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[There is nothing funny about anything they've discussed. The laughter simply felt like a better choice then screaming for the moment.] I don't know? Do you have any sort of good news to share? [Tim knows the answer if he's being perfectly honest with himself. He just so badly wants to be wrong. To have some sort of hope to cling to.] Because, yeah, I think I've had my fill of heart to heart for today if you don't.

[compellingstatement]

[...]

Martin and I had a lovely holiday in Scotland before everything went bad. It was like... having a honeymoon. We saw a lot of very fuzzy cows.

[It's not much, but its... sort of good news.]

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Fuzzy ones, huh? [It doesn't really give him much hope for himself, but he supposes there's not a lot of time for things to get better for him.] That's good. I bet there were some pretty great looking fuzzy cows. [He's attempting to sound sincere, but it likely just comes off as tired.]

[compellingstatement]

[Look, the good news is incredibly limited and absolutely none of it centers around Tim or his life.]

Yeah. I... I have some photographs of Martin with them on my phone at home. The one I brought with me from home. I can show them to you sometime. He's really cute- th-they're really cute.

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I would like to see them some day. [Honestly Tim couldn't care less. Not right now when everything seemed just a bit hopeless, but he could tell Jon would likely enjoy showing him. That was at least something.] Maybe next time then.

[compellingstatement]

Yeah. Next time.

[Jon moves to stand up.]

Thanks for the coffee, Tim. I'll... see you around.

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See ya, boss. [Tim will get up and move to walk off. He's not really sure where he's going, but he'll figure that out once he gets there.]