[ Suddenly, Alan feels a strange urge to just grab his head and stay like that for a minute or two. His thoughts are confused and his recollections spotty but he knows there was something about Alice being in danger. ]
I don't know, Barry, maybe there was more in that sedative than just a sedative... something memory altering, maybe. I guess- I guess I just need to forget about the sedative and Hartman and focus on what's important. Before you sue the pants off him, you're gonna help, right? We're going to find Alice and figure out whatever the hell is going on with this story, and then...
[ And then what? I shouldn't expect Jesse to stick around, but I want to go on that coffee date. I think I mentioned getting coffee. Even if I didn't, that's what I want to do: get coffee and get to know her. ]
Leave it to good old Barry Wheeler to tell it like it is. [ But Alan's smiling, and it's a genuine one, even if it looks like more of a smirk. ] That helps, Barry, it really does. And Jesse, you're helping too. I'm- thanks for coming, both of you.
So the short version of this is: this is insane but it's real. Too real, but we're way past the point of closing our eyes and going lalala. But what do we do now? I don't know about you two, but I don't have a lead to work with here, and I don't think punching Hartman in the nose counts as a lead.
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I don't know, Barry, maybe there was more in that sedative than just a sedative... something memory altering, maybe. I guess- I guess I just need to forget about the sedative and Hartman and focus on what's important. Before you sue the pants off him, you're gonna help, right? We're going to find Alice and figure out whatever the hell is going on with this story, and then...
[ And then what? I shouldn't expect Jesse to stick around, but I want to go on that coffee date. I think I mentioned getting coffee. Even if I didn't, that's what I want to do: get coffee and get to know her. ]
Leave it to good old Barry Wheeler to tell it like it is. [ But Alan's smiling, and it's a genuine one, even if it looks like more of a smirk. ] That helps, Barry, it really does. And Jesse, you're helping too. I'm- thanks for coming, both of you.
So the short version of this is: this is insane but it's real. Too real, but we're way past the point of closing our eyes and going lalala. But what do we do now? I don't know about you two, but I don't have a lead to work with here, and I don't think punching Hartman in the nose counts as a lead.