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[charlastan]

"Hi! You've reached Stan Pines' computer phone box thing or whatever. Leave me a message and maybe if I care enough about what you've got to say I'll actually get back to you. I probably don't, but hey! Test your luck! (Followed by obnoxious laughter until the BEEP)"

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[poaceae]

I already apologized to PV...

[ He makes a face at the rock he kicked. It's hard to kick tiny rocks very far, you know. ]

Anyway, I wanted to apologize so I did. You don't gotta do nothin about it or anything.

[charlastan]

Fine, then I won't.

[Fern did what he needed to do and Stan heard it and doesn't need to do anything, so that's that. But, he doesn't let the conversation die there.]

So, how'd PV take it? Probably a little too well, right?

[poaceae]

He... kinda did it backwards? He came and found me, and said he forgives me...

[ It would probably be more accurate to say that Fern took it kinda badly. He cried like a little baby. He's not going to admit to that, though. ]

And I told him that I saw it in a memory, and he said that's awful for anyone to have to see, even if I'm the one that did it. And he's right! But I'm the one that did it, so I'm the one that should apologize.

[charlastan]

Pfft. Yeah, that sounds like him.

[Stan rolls his eyes. But sheesh, no wonder the kid's taking it so rough. PV beat him to the punch before he could even say anything?]

I mean...he's not wrong. But I was more worried about you and Dipper at the time. Plus I didn't even see that much of it before Dipper, uh. Before we got, y'know...

[Trapped in a small enclosure where he had a whole panic attack. Stan shakes his head.]

Anyway forget that part! Throw it in that vault of yours! Point is, it must've been rough to have it shoved in your face while you were still coming to terms with it. I'm old and I've already been through a lot of weird stuff, so you don't have to worry about whether I can handle myself in some weird memory murder situation.

[poaceae]

[ He does not know. He just sort of stares blankly through that part, before making a face and turning away again. It feels wrong for him to be messed up about watching something he did himself. It feels shameless. But it did mess him up. ]

Well... that's... good, I guess?

[ If Stan's really not upset about it, that's a relief. Feels like a messed up thing to be relieved about, though. ]

All this junk is backwards and upside down. It's like getting un-cursed turned everything all weird. It made more sense when PV didn't like me.

this is so late I'm so sorry

[charlastan]

[When Fern turns away, Stan frowns with concern. Then, he chances stepping forward and just...puts a grounding hand on Fern's shoulder.]

Well, yeah. When you do something bad you'd expect everyone to tell you how terrible you are all the time and make sure you never forget how crummy you are for it. And then when you spend half your life getting told that...

[Hm. That feels like admitting he knows a little too much about Fern's life that Fern didn't actually tell him. Reluctantly, he lets go.]

...All I'm saying is it'd confuse anybody in your shoes. Hell, even I still wonder now and then why some people I've done awful stuff to still like me!

/pats u

[poaceae]

[ He assumes Stan is talking about his own life when he talks about getting told how crummy he is, but it still makes his expression darken as he raises his shoulders defensively. ]

...Did you... ever do something, where you couldn't explain it to yourself after?

[charlastan]

[Stan hesitates. But...eh. It's nothing he hasn't said to Fern before. The kid probably shouldn't carry too many of his problems on top of what he's going through, but a little bit might help.]

...Yeah. Yeah, plenty of times. Usually it's 'cause I got all ticked off about something, and then next thing you know I'd broken something I couldn't fix, and nothing I did could ever change that.

[poaceae]

[ It does help. Every odd detail about himself, both past and present, make him feel like he's broken somehow in ways he doesn't understand. It's nice to know that this one thing isn't just him. ]

Yeah... I guess it's kinda like that. That... that helps. Thanks.