[The headpat elicits a indignant baby bird squawk. Keep digging yourself deeper, Jamie. Koumei's already retreated before he can protest further, though, and he instead gives some thought to the topic at hand.]
Yeah, but...what if that's not enough? What if there's something bigger at stake here than just us? Maybe we're just the center of some...approaching pandemic, or a shift in the cosmos. Maybe whatever's coming is just starting with us, and it will spiral further and further out, like a - a whirlpool, a vortex growing and expanding until it consumes everything in its path. First Pride and Virgo, then Vista City, then Americana, then the world, then the galaxy, and eventually THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE.
[By the time he's done with his tirade he's leaning forward, mere inches away from Koumei, panting slightly, his eyes glassy and fever-bright. He remains like this for a few moments, then slowly frowns, tilts his head to the side, and asks the man:]
...dude, when was the last time you combed your hair?
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Yeah, but...what if that's not enough? What if there's something bigger at stake here than just us? Maybe we're just the center of some...approaching pandemic, or a shift in the cosmos. Maybe whatever's coming is just starting with us, and it will spiral further and further out, like a - a whirlpool, a vortex growing and expanding until it consumes everything in its path. First Pride and Virgo, then Vista City, then Americana, then the world, then the galaxy, and eventually THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE.
[By the time he's done with his tirade he's leaning forward, mere inches away from Koumei, panting slightly, his eyes glassy and fever-bright. He remains like this for a few moments, then slowly frowns, tilts his head to the side, and asks the man:]
...dude, when was the last time you combed your hair?