"Middle Borough," Jeremy confirms with a nod, backtracking as he registers Rich's question.
Jeremy makes a face. "Not exactly." He hesitates, but it's easier for him to get his thoughts together when he talks it through. When there's enough of a silence that he feels like he's allowed to ramble, he plows ahead. "You and I both went through a, um, traumatic experience with a piece of tech." He doesn't say the word 'SQUIP' yet. "That's how we got to know each other - first in a bad way, then in a good way. We're friends now, or - okay, timeline wise, you don't - that doesn't matter, it - yeah, we're friends," he says with another nod. That was true post-SQUIP even if this version of Rich hasn't gotten close to Jeremy yet. Same squad.
"But there was more to your real, um, not that this isn't necessarily real if we're all experiencing it - more to your life at Middle Borough than the bad thing that happened." Although, to be fair, Jeremy knows more of the bad things than the good ones. "You have a brother and you get along. You used to be super into art but you're still trying to get back into the swing of it so you're rusty. You have a best friend named Jake Dillinger who's this, this big ol' jock." Jeremy's brow wrinkles. "You're kind of a perv but that's probably still true here, huh?"
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Jeremy makes a face. "Not exactly." He hesitates, but it's easier for him to get his thoughts together when he talks it through. When there's enough of a silence that he feels like he's allowed to ramble, he plows ahead. "You and I both went through a, um, traumatic experience with a piece of tech." He doesn't say the word 'SQUIP' yet. "That's how we got to know each other - first in a bad way, then in a good way. We're friends now, or - okay, timeline wise, you don't - that doesn't matter, it - yeah, we're friends," he says with another nod. That was true post-SQUIP even if this version of Rich hasn't gotten close to Jeremy yet. Same squad.
"But there was more to your real, um, not that this isn't necessarily real if we're all experiencing it - more to your life at Middle Borough than the bad thing that happened." Although, to be fair, Jeremy knows more of the bad things than the good ones. "You have a brother and you get along. You used to be super into art but you're still trying to get back into the swing of it so you're rusty. You have a best friend named Jake Dillinger who's this, this big ol' jock." Jeremy's brow wrinkles. "You're kind of a perv but that's probably still true here, huh?"