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1:07am
In the apartment on top of Bazookas and Bombs
Yova: Mlarthis? You awake?
Mlarthis: Yova go to bed it’s 1 in the morning.
Yova: I can’t sleep.
Mlarthis: Do you want me to talk to you about the universe?
Yova: Yeah bore me to sleep.
Mlarthis: Alright then, what about the universe?
Yova: I dunno, maybe that guy with the golden toe, or the guy that got stuffed.
Mlarthis: I’m not talking about David Hume, or Jeremy Bentham at this time, I’d be on a rant till the shop opens.
Yova: What about alternative universes?
Mlarthis: I’d like to think there are other universes with us in them.
Yova: Like one where I got a mullet instead of a buzz cut?
Mlarthis: Not quite, but I’m glad you’ve grew your hair back to a decent length.
Yova: What do you think about then?
Mlarthis: The “what ifs” of life.
Yova: “What if Wlavnox never took you or me in?”
Mlarthis: Exactly, or “what if we met later in life?”.
Yova: “What if I saved her?” (Yova sits up on the top bunk, and starts sobbing)
(Mlarthis gets up from his bed, and climbs up the ladder to comfort him as best he can)
Mlarthis: The universe can be cruel to anyone, especially mutants, but she died knowing that you’d get away from your demon of a father.
Yova: I couldn’t… I couldn’t even say goodbye to her properly… she died in my arms.
Mlarthis: You even went feral for Westoona, you couldn’t bear to see her suffer.
Yova: I ran whilst her body was still warm… buried her the best I could.
(Wlavnox walks in and sits on the edge of Yova’s bed)
Wlavnox: by the sea, just as she asked of you.
Yova: She was only 16, my only sister.
Wlavnox: She’d be looking down on you right now, glad to see you’ve done so much since getting out of that house. Finally stopped dealing and smoking all those substances.
Yova: I’m 14 Wlavnox… 14 year olds shouldn’t have to choose between dealing drugs or going hungry.
Wlavnox: But this 14 year old was found by well known mutant weapons dealer, got taken in, and is now a part of a strange family.
(Yova hugs Mlarthis and Wlavnox)
Yova: I’m not failing either you like I did with Westoona, you’re my family blood or not.
Wlavnox: I’ll do everything in my power to keep you both save until my dying breath.