[ Well, it works out in a way, because Saga's surprised herself. Maybe it's just the combination of how fast everything went to hell (which shouldn't be surprising) and how fast she realized she knocked on the hornet's nest having an impact on how she thinks and feels about one of the people she feels is at the center of all this. Of course, Wake is really at the center of it all, but Jesse's trying to protect him for some reason. It's that reason that she wants to understand. But she's working up to it.
For now, though, Saga just quiets and listens as Jesse gives the summary of what she knows concerning Alan and everything that's going on around them. Questions rise up in her mind but she forces them to sit back down until she's gotten the whole summary. ]
I knew that he'd been missing since 2010. That was all over the news and the internet for a long time. You can still find the conspiracy theories about it if you look. The Dark Place, though... I got bits and pieces from Wake about what that is, but...
[ Saga's expression turns thoughtful and apprehensive as she tries to sort out her understanding of the Dark Place. Realities colliding, interacting, dragging people in- she's handled weird cases before, but this goes a lot farther than just weird. ]
If I hadn't talked to Wake myself, and seen some crazy things firsthand, I'd dismiss all of this as more craziness. But I'm getting the feeling that I haven't seen anything yet. And part of me doesn't want to.
[ She still doesn't feel all that sympathetic towards Alan, not just yet. Sure, she knows that it must have been hell, being trapped in the Dark Place for thirteen years, but that's just objective knowing. She can't know the extent of what he's seen or what he's gone through. She can infer it from looking at him, from seeing how strung out and rattled he is at times, but that's still not the whole picture. There has to be more to this story. That's what I want to find out. ]
I didn't know it either, until... Rose, the waitress at the diner, kept talking about how sad it was that I lost my baby girl. But she's not lost; she's at home where she should be. But Rose is convinced she's- she drowned. [ Saga's voice wavers a little at that admission. If the story changed, if reality shifted, then who's to say Logan isn't in danger? ] I don't know why she's involved, or why Wake thought it was a good idea- no, a sane idea to bring a little girl into this. What the hell was he thinking?
[ Saga forces down the anger she still feels about that, because anger isn't going to make this conversation go any smoother. ]
The Clicker is important somehow. It doesn't even look like anything, just a piece cut from a lamp, but Wake says he needs it to fix the story, so he needs to have it. All of that to say, I don't really know what the Clicker is, because he didn't give a blow-by-blow explanation, but if it's important, I have to get it to him.
[ And it'll save Logan. It has to. ]
I know why you're here. The FBC is looking into things, and you're the FBC Director. I get that.
[ She watches as Jesse walks back and forth before stopping at the table. ]
What is it you're hoping to do here? Stop the... what did you call it? Altered world event? [ I really want to ask why she's so interested in Wake, but that wouldn't be a good opening question. ]
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For now, though, Saga just quiets and listens as Jesse gives the summary of what she knows concerning Alan and everything that's going on around them. Questions rise up in her mind but she forces them to sit back down until she's gotten the whole summary. ]
I knew that he'd been missing since 2010. That was all over the news and the internet for a long time. You can still find the conspiracy theories about it if you look. The Dark Place, though... I got bits and pieces from Wake about what that is, but...
[ Saga's expression turns thoughtful and apprehensive as she tries to sort out her understanding of the Dark Place. Realities colliding, interacting, dragging people in- she's handled weird cases before, but this goes a lot farther than just weird. ]
If I hadn't talked to Wake myself, and seen some crazy things firsthand, I'd dismiss all of this as more craziness. But I'm getting the feeling that I haven't seen anything yet. And part of me doesn't want to.
[ She still doesn't feel all that sympathetic towards Alan, not just yet. Sure, she knows that it must have been hell, being trapped in the Dark Place for thirteen years, but that's just objective knowing. She can't know the extent of what he's seen or what he's gone through. She can infer it from looking at him, from seeing how strung out and rattled he is at times, but that's still not the whole picture. There has to be more to this story. That's what I want to find out. ]
I didn't know it either, until... Rose, the waitress at the diner, kept talking about how sad it was that I lost my baby girl. But she's not lost; she's at home where she should be. But Rose is convinced she's- she drowned. [ Saga's voice wavers a little at that admission. If the story changed, if reality shifted, then who's to say Logan isn't in danger? ] I don't know why she's involved, or why Wake thought it was a good idea- no, a sane idea to bring a little girl into this. What the hell was he thinking?
[ Saga forces down the anger she still feels about that, because anger isn't going to make this conversation go any smoother. ]
The Clicker is important somehow. It doesn't even look like anything, just a piece cut from a lamp, but Wake says he needs it to fix the story, so he needs to have it. All of that to say, I don't really know what the Clicker is, because he didn't give a blow-by-blow explanation, but if it's important, I have to get it to him.
[ And it'll save Logan. It has to. ]
I know why you're here. The FBC is looking into things, and you're the FBC Director. I get that.
[ She watches as Jesse walks back and forth before stopping at the table. ]
What is it you're hoping to do here? Stop the... what did you call it? Altered world event? [ I really want to ask why she's so interested in Wake, but that wouldn't be a good opening question. ]