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[atypical_echo]

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[heydrb]

violin.mp3

[Just a recording.
Sent without comment.
Enjoy, Mark.]

[atypical_echo]

[His response doesn't come for a while, but that is definitely after he's listened a good bit.]

I see you got your hands on a violin. Pretty good stuff there, D.

[Is there a seriously non-zero chance that he sent the audio file without context to Sam and asked her if she could help him figure out how to cut it into a cellphone ring tone? Yep. Is there a seriously non-zero chance that said ringtone is now going to happen whenever Damien calls him? Yep.]

[heydrb]

Weird the way some things just never really leave you, no matter how long you go without touching it.

[Which isn't to say it didn't take some adjustment, some shaking out the rust practicing before he'd actually decided to send Mark something. But still. It hadn't been nearly as hard to pick back up as he had expected it might be.]

[atypical_echo]

Yeah. Like picking up a bicycle. With strings. And a bow.

[heydrb]

Something like that.

[atypical_echo]

Keep practicing. Maybe where you moved has a small local band you can play with. Great way to make friends.

[heydrb]

Yeah, maybe. We'll see.

[How are you?
How have you been?
How's life?

All things he starts to type and then deletes.]

What have you been up to?

[Still feels stupid.
Oh well, too late, he already hit send.]

[atypical_echo]

[If only someone would ask those things. Other than Joanie of course.]

I've started looking for work again.

[heydrb]

[Damien wants to? But simultaneously feels like he has no right to. And also second-guesses 97.99% of everything he texts Mark anyway. RIP.]

Anything good on deck yet?

[atypical_echo]

[Oh fuck that. Learn to be happy.]

Not yet. Sorta flaking on the last gig hurt me.

[heydrb]

You'll get another one.

[atypical_echo]

I know. But I just hate how bad it's going to be until I manage it.

[heydrb]

Maybe it won't be as long as you think between.

[atypical_echo]

Maybe. I just have to find someone willing to overlook the gap in the resume which is never easy.

[heydrb]

At least you have a resume?

[atypical_echo]

Yeah, there IS that. But you've got horses around.

[heydrb]

Yeah, I do. Which is pretty cool.

[atypical_echo]

Are you happy, with the work you've been doing?

[heydrb]

Yeah, I really like it. It's...calming?
I mean, it's hard as hell, and I get up before the fucking sun, but I like it.
Horses are kinda better than people.



Most people.

[Some people aren't so bad.]

[atypical_echo]

I'm better than horses?

[heydrb]

[Was it that obvious? (It definitely was that obvious.)
Doesn't make the blatant call-out any less embarrassing.
Thank fuck Mark can't see him right now.]

You're better than a lot of things.

[atypical_echo]

Does 'better than a horse' go under 'skills' or 'achievements'?

[heydrb]

Achievements, I think.

[atypical_echo]

I'll note it there then. There we go. Updated.

[heydrb]

Dork.