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[atypical_echo]

You’ve reached Mark, for some reason. It’s 2022 apparently, last I checked - just text me. Or, you know, leave a message if you must.

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Sounds wise.

[atypical_echo]

Of course I will. He will need lectured by multiple people.

[faceguy]

lol

[And that's more or less the last Mark will hear from Leo, beyond the occasional update that he hasn't heard anything, until, finally, he hears something.

The first, sent in the morning, just says:]

he texted me and said hes ok and hes coming home

[And then a bit later:]

uh
hey
soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
apparently he got shot?

[atypical_echo]

[The first one doesn't really tell him enough for him to really bother responding. But the second?]

What the actual fuck!?

[faceguy]

that's what I want to know!
he came home covered in blood
he hasnt told me much yet

[atypical_echo]

Blood? Dammit. I'll be there soon.

[faceguy]

ok
thanks

[Having another adult show up to help with this situation makes Leo feel better.]

[atypical_echo]

If you've got a first aid kit, take it out. I'll resist throwing it at his head for worrying me.

[faceguy]

heh
good luck man
I think its going to be pretty hard to resist that

[atypical_echo]

Once he's not bleeding, I might not.

[faceguy]

if it helps at all
he said its not all his blood

[atypical_echo]

That REALLY doesn't help. You told him that, right?

[faceguy]

it helped a little
means that the guys who did this to him got worse

[atypical_echo]

Yes, that's a plus. But I'd rather he not have gotten hurt at all.

[faceguy]

[The next text is a bit delayed.]

thatd be nice but he’s stubborn

[They’ve had a bit of a spat over here.]

[atypical_echo]

I've noticed. I'm coming over.

[faceguy]

sure. door’s open.

don’t freak if you see a human sized reptile, thats either me or my brother

[atypical_echo]

I will do my best. That's not a species we've got back home.

[faceguy]

what, your planet doesn’t have red-eared slider turtles?

sorry, that’s a joke
we were made in a lab so I don’t think anyone does

[atypical_echo]

Uh, we do. But they're, well, small?

Oh man, I hope you didn't grow up in one. That would be terrible.

[faceguy]

nah our dad got us out
we grew up in the sewers

[Lucky them!]

[atypical_echo]

NGL dude, that sounds like the sort of urban legends that people get in New York or something.

[faceguy]

oh yeah Im a real life cryptid

maybe I can get my own buzzfeed unsolved

[atypical_echo]

If you need really shitty blurry shots taken for conspiracy pages, lmk.

[faceguy]

thanks. I appreciate it.

[atypical_echo]

You're welcome. The payment is making sure Huvrye STAYS HOME until I get there.