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[When the feed starts, Athelstan is in his room, with one of Will's dogs stretched warmly across his lap. Athelstan rubs his fingers against her ears as he looks over the projection from his bracelet- right, recording.]

...'this is the end'. The tree has been- is being?- destroyed. I am not a commander of men, nor am I any sort of leader, but times are dire and I... [His lips press together firmly as he nudges the dog off of his lap- she makes a soft, indignant noise before skittering out of his room.]

Where I come from, the men worshiped these gods. This tree was their world, holding up everything they held dear. We must fight to keep it standing, we must- I can show you how these gods must be worshiped, I can tell stories of their exploits and wit, if that would give you cause to fight for them.

[There's a short pause, as Athelstan lets out a breath, contemplating his next words.] Even if you cannot fight, you must pray. All of your gods have guided men through their trials for hundreds of years- longer, in some of your worlds. They would not abandon us now.

[The words are encouraging, but his voice is hollow, preaching a message he's not sure if he can believe in.]

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[ the world's most tentative pause before, ]

We need to talk about what happened to me a few weeks ago--mostly so that if it happens again, you'll know what to do.

When you told me your name.

[He nods quietly.]

I remember.

I'm still me. And technically, Victor Frankenstein is my actual name. But something happened back home, and I went by Doctor Whale for a while--I guess it's kind of stuck.

I was a bit of a workaholic when I was younger. [ and had absolutely no moral compass. ]

I... I'm sorry to hear that.

[Athelstan still doesn't quite get it, but-]

You said- it could happen again?

If I lost my memory, yeah.

And what should I do if it does?

Just...don't let me dig up any corpses.

Sorry about the kitchen, by the way. [because let's be real, it smells like corpse.]

...what did you do?

There may or may not have been a dead rabbit in the fridge for an extended period of time.

You put a-

[WOW EXCUSE YOU.]

-Will says we put food in there. Dead animals that haven't been properly cleaned, they're not- doctor, why would you do that?

Because I didn't know what a refrigerator was. Look, all I knew was that it was cold, so it could help preserve the body.

Why were you... preserving it?

I wanted to bring it back to life.

...you- you what?

[Wow, for the love of literally everything that isn't holy.]

That is not- man is not capable of such a thing.

He is and I did. I've done it multiple times, as a matter of fact.

That's- presuming to hold the power of a God, it's-

[I mean, Jesus Christ man, think about Jesus.]

-you said this was a long time ago for you.

It was. I haven't done it in at least....twenty five years or so.

[ paaaaaause. ]

Long story.

[ tl;dr, magic curses suck ]

...I can imagine. You don't seem nearly old enough for-

[Well.]

As long as those days are behind you, I suppose.

Trust me, they are. Both times ended badly. I'm not doing any resurrection here.

I would hope not. Not in the apartment anyway.

[This is one of his stranger conversations he's had since his arrival. Thanks for that.]

Yeah, I honestly don't know what I was thinking with that.

Well... good.

[He... he thinks.]

I'm glad that such times are behind you. It is far better to save a life than to- attempt to control it.

I'm with you a hundred percent on that.

[He nods.]

I actually had something to ask you in that vein, if you don't mind. [There's a small pause, and Athelstan presses his lips together, before taking a deep breath.] I know very little of the healing practices of this day and age, and yet- I do have the gifts that Sigyn has given me. I had hoped that I would be able to learn some of the ways of medicine from you.

Of course. We can start with some basic first aid and then move on up to more advanced techniques if you want.

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