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(The video feed opens up to Dirk squatting on the shoreline next to the Salt Lake. Behind him, the lake is shimmering with a brilliant pink light beneath the moonlight. Dirk's so still and pale that he looks like a statue. At least he does until he shifts back onto his heels. He's thoroughly drenched, only wearing a pair of sweatpants, some of his hair already frozen into peaks. By some miracle (or sheer force of will) he's not shivering.
Probably because he's beyond cold at this point. He's totally vibing with the bite.)
As a pro tip, taking a dip in the Salt Lake is good for the mind.
(...This was not an intentional discovery, but you would never know by how calmly he's speaking. His teeth aren't even chattering. He stands up. He places his hands on his hips. Dirk stares up at the moon, exhaling slowly, his breath forming a bit of fog in the air.)
Ironically, this helps with lockjoint too. (He raises his hands and turns them over as proof that he wasn't suffering from lockjoint due to the conditions. Granted, if he kept standing around in the cold like a jackass and the saltwater dried off...Hm. He curls his hands into fists.)
Just thought this would be an appreciated service announcement. I'm gonna go hit up Achelliac. See ya'll on the flip side.
Probably because he's beyond cold at this point. He's totally vibing with the bite.)
As a pro tip, taking a dip in the Salt Lake is good for the mind.
(...This was not an intentional discovery, but you would never know by how calmly he's speaking. His teeth aren't even chattering. He stands up. He places his hands on his hips. Dirk stares up at the moon, exhaling slowly, his breath forming a bit of fog in the air.)
Ironically, this helps with lockjoint too. (He raises his hands and turns them over as proof that he wasn't suffering from lockjoint due to the conditions. Granted, if he kept standing around in the cold like a jackass and the saltwater dried off...Hm. He curls his hands into fists.)
Just thought this would be an appreciated service announcement. I'm gonna go hit up Achelliac. See ya'll on the flip side.
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[The smirk might turn slightly pleased. Nice to spot someone who appreciates Darwinian natural selection, even if it's someone who irritates him.]
Mentioning the Lumenarium is probably the main give-away. I'm partly in research and partly in clinical work, though I'm leaning a bit more toward the former, since it's where I specialized, in my world of origin.
Mine's often appeared as a flipped version of me: where I'm stoical and solitary, they're cheery and gregarious. There's aspects in me that I could control better, notably my temper. [A small, thoughtful pause.] I'm afraid you know that too well. [We admit, this all the apologizing he's going to do for That Outburst last month. He's too proud to do more.]
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(A flipped version. Okay, actually, Dirk could see that. His omen felt...calmer than he had ever felt in his life. Dirk raises his brows in mild surprise that Wesker was even admitting to having a bad temper with Dirk.)
Luckily for you, I don't really give a shit. (He's so warm and cozy, this one.)
Not like I'm the local sweetheart or anything.
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There is that. It's partly from a lifetime of being a science prodigy, partly from becoming what I am. They don't exactly give you lessons in how to be a trans-human, since no human seems to be able to define what that would look like.
[The tiniest dry cough of a chuckle.]
Ahh. Thus I may not have been the only one snarling at you more than they should have? Not that I plan to compare notes with them. You're a gadfly to me, but I have no intentions of swatting you. [There may be an unspoken current of 'Not in the immediate future, anyway'.]