Yeah, I remember the concert. It's one of those things that's kind of difficult to forget, even for me. I know you can't leave until you get your mysteries solved, but a part of me feels like I can't leave either, because I can't leave you behind.
[ He knows that Tim sees the Dark Place differently than he does; at least, it doesn't seem nearly so horrifying for the other man as it does for him. He doesn't really understand how it can be nightmarish for him and be completely different for Tim, but he doesn't want to even imagine what it'll be like if the Dark Presence ever turns on him and Tim finds himself in a hellish place like Alan's been for the last thirteen years. ][ And obviously, when Jesse is there too, but maybe not for the reasons anyone would think.
Alan smiles a little bit to himself at the thought of Jesse. ]
Crime books, yeah. Maybe they weren't dark enough. [ He shrugs. He knows that he thinks of his books as dime store fiction, or books people buy at airports and leave on the plane when they're done with them. They're not the kind of books that get read and then re-read. ]
Story beats. Clues. What I've got. [ Alan shakes his head, because what he has doesn't feel like much, and part of him wishes he had his plot board so he could show Tim what he has. ]
I don't think what I have is going to get me out of here. I thought the story had to be dark, to fit what the Dark Presence wants, but I don't see how that's supposed to end the story, fix the things that I made happen, and get me home.
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[ He knows that Tim sees the Dark Place differently than he does; at least, it doesn't seem nearly so horrifying for the other man as it does for him. He doesn't really understand how it can be nightmarish for him and be completely different for Tim, but he doesn't want to even imagine what it'll be like if the Dark Presence ever turns on him and Tim finds himself in a hellish place like Alan's been for the last thirteen years. ][ And obviously, when Jesse is there too, but maybe not for the reasons anyone would think.
Alan smiles a little bit to himself at the thought of Jesse. ]
Crime books, yeah. Maybe they weren't dark enough. [ He shrugs. He knows that he thinks of his books as dime store fiction, or books people buy at airports and leave on the plane when they're done with them. They're not the kind of books that get read and then re-read. ]
Story beats. Clues. What I've got. [ Alan shakes his head, because what he has doesn't feel like much, and part of him wishes he had his plot board so he could show Tim what he has. ]
I don't think what I have is going to get me out of here. I thought the story had to be dark, to fit what the Dark Presence wants, but I don't see how that's supposed to end the story, fix the things that I made happen, and get me home.
[ Maybe there is no going home. ]