Jeremy shrugs with a small smile. It doesn't escape him that Rich remembers watching movies that definitely don't exist in this world.
He opens his mouth to provide reassurance, because Rich calming down doesn't mean they won't ever talk about the subject again, but Rich's last sentence sounds like a definitive choice.
"Okay. Red pill it is." But he's not going to start throwing information at Rich rapid-fire like an asshole. "The world we're in now, I don't know how much of it is real. But either way? You and I aren't from here. We grew up in New Jersey. We go to the same high school."
The waters finally arrive, mechanically dispensed, so Jeremy makes a gesture that forces a series of random electronic objects in the store to pass the cups along until they reach the table. Half of the water has spilled out on the journey. Jeremy pushes one of the cups toward Rich as the electronics settle back into place. "No magic in our world either. Just sufficiently-advanced technology."
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He opens his mouth to provide reassurance, because Rich calming down doesn't mean they won't ever talk about the subject again, but Rich's last sentence sounds like a definitive choice.
"Okay. Red pill it is." But he's not going to start throwing information at Rich rapid-fire like an asshole. "The world we're in now, I don't know how much of it is real. But either way? You and I aren't from here. We grew up in New Jersey. We go to the same high school."
The waters finally arrive, mechanically dispensed, so Jeremy makes a gesture that forces a series of random electronic objects in the store to pass the cups along until they reach the table. Half of the water has spilled out on the journey. Jeremy pushes one of the cups toward Rich as the electronics settle back into place. "No magic in our world either. Just sufficiently-advanced technology."