[ Alan strains more, still trying to pull the door open as more splinters drive themselves into his hand, but he doesn't stop. He can't stop.
She's so close. Even if I can't use this to finally get home, maybe I can at least talk to her. Maybe I can see her. We're so close, I just have to get this door to move!
Suddenly, unexpectedly, he feels fingers latching themselves onto him, wrapping around his wrist, and his heart seems to skip a beat. Yes, I can feel her! But... but can she feel me? Can she hear me? Why does this feel like that time that I tried reaching Saga through the overlap? Is this the same thing? I don't know if this counts as an overlap, or a threshold, or- or whatever. ]
...Jesse, can you hear me? Please tell me you can hear me.
[ He sees Polaris's shimmer, and although it could simply be his eyes playing tricks on him, he believes he sees Jesse there wearing her Director outfit. What he can see of her is little more than an outline, but it's her. He can't know what she can see of him, if anything, but he's wearing the flannel again, and if she's able to see his eyes, that burning sensation is back in them and there might be water pooling in his eyes, which he doesn't bother to brush away.
At first, he doesn't say anything, but then words come, and he hopes that she can hear what he's saying. ]
I'm sorry. Jesse, I'm sorry.
[ He knows why he's apologizing, but she might not realize it right away, but he knows he has to say it before this connection is severed. There's no way that they'll have this for very long; he's not entirely sure how this all works, but it feels to him that it all depends on how long they can keep the crack in the door from closing and cutting each other off again.
After a moment, he leans closer to the crack in the door, still pulling on it, and he mumbles, but it's loud enough that she can hear it, if she's listening. ]
Did you know- did you realize that the reason the story has gone on this long is because of me?
[ Of course she couldn't know or have realized that, as he only just realized that he's been literally sabotaging the writing process, but he's still struggling to process it all. ]
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She's so close. Even if I can't use this to finally get home, maybe I can at least talk to her. Maybe I can see her. We're so close, I just have to get this door to move!
Suddenly, unexpectedly, he feels fingers latching themselves onto him, wrapping around his wrist, and his heart seems to skip a beat. Yes, I can feel her! But... but can she feel me? Can she hear me? Why does this feel like that time that I tried reaching Saga through the overlap? Is this the same thing? I don't know if this counts as an overlap, or a threshold, or- or whatever. ]
...Jesse, can you hear me? Please tell me you can hear me.
[ He sees Polaris's shimmer, and although it could simply be his eyes playing tricks on him, he believes he sees Jesse there wearing her Director outfit. What he can see of her is little more than an outline, but it's her. He can't know what she can see of him, if anything, but he's wearing the flannel again, and if she's able to see his eyes, that burning sensation is back in them and there might be water pooling in his eyes, which he doesn't bother to brush away.
At first, he doesn't say anything, but then words come, and he hopes that she can hear what he's saying. ]
I'm sorry. Jesse, I'm sorry.
[ He knows why he's apologizing, but she might not realize it right away, but he knows he has to say it before this connection is severed. There's no way that they'll have this for very long; he's not entirely sure how this all works, but it feels to him that it all depends on how long they can keep the crack in the door from closing and cutting each other off again.
After a moment, he leans closer to the crack in the door, still pulling on it, and he mumbles, but it's loud enough that she can hear it, if she's listening. ]
Did you know- did you realize that the reason the story has gone on this long is because of me?
[ Of course she couldn't know or have realized that, as he only just realized that he's been literally sabotaging the writing process, but he's still struggling to process it all. ]