i_speak_softly | Forty-Second Theory [Voice/Action for Housemates]

[Don is feeling a little claustrophobic today. The number of vehicles he has stashed in his workroom has increased to five over the past week, and he's running out of room to build more. He'd been hoping that the wet, overcast weather would break so he could take his work outside, but that didn't exactly pan out. It is sunny today, but it's also unseasonably cold.]

[Determined to continue his work anyway, Don has shoved all the furniture out of the way and set up camp in the living room, surrounded by a mass of lightweight canvas and metal struts. Hang-glider Number Four is now Under Construction.]

[It's been quite some time since he asked a general question over the journals, so he decides to do so now. Companionable conversation is just what he needs to make the repetitive work go faster.]

If you had access to Shifting technology, and could change something about the world - what would you do? How long would you make it last?

[He also has some things he wants to talk about with Mike and Master Splinter - separately, that is. If they don't stop by while he's working, he'll be looking for them later.]

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Yeah. There are a lot of bad things in the world, I know. And there are a lot of things we'd be better off without. But without them would we still be the same people? Would we ever have met? I don't think I want to chance messing any of that up. We are who we are because of our memories and our experiences.

I wouldn't want to change that. I wouldn't want to change things and people from what they normally are.

[He thinks about this for a long moment.]

Sometimes, in the experiments, everyone knows that things are different than they used to be. Would you make a change like that?

...No. I think I wouldn't, not even then. To change the world the way I want it, without other people's permission, is wrong. Even if I did have their permission? That's a lot of responsibility, you know? I'm not the kind of person to act as a god.

[He nods quietly.]

You're - you're a fascinating person, Winry.

[He wishes he could take back that conversation last summer.]

No, not at all. If anything everyone is fascinating in their own right.

[Just some in better ways than others.]

Did you have a good time at Mike's party?

Yeah I did! The movie was kind of odd, but that's okay. The company was great.

Mike told me you got caught in that business with Karai.

Yeah, I suppose I brought it on myself in some weird way.

[This he can't believe.] How so?

A few days before she came into the smithy. I was the one to show her where to find her weapons.

[The strange coincidences that are the foundation of Turtle Luck.]

She would have gotten weapons anyway. It's not your fault.

I know, but I can't help feeling that way.

Look, Winry... don't get involved with her. It's probably better if she doesn't know you know us.

She already knows, Don. I was pal-ing around with Raph and Mikey when she walked in.

[Damn.] I guess I shouldn't hope she didn't notice you?

Probably not, since she addressed me by name.

[Great.]

If you ever need a safe place to stay, you're always welcome here.

I know, and I appreciate it. Thanks.

Mm. [He nods and turns back to his work.]

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