[[Okay, I’m putting these memes under a cut. Let’s do this.]]
It was three weeks after the Repairman visited the void, to discover things were much quieter. He couldn’t believe it at first, but he seemed to take it rather well, projecting a confidence that things would be okay in the end.
This was his thirty-sixth visit to Smithy’s Lair in that time. He was simply checking in to see if she “respawned” yet. He felt it’d only be nice to help her get out again when the time came.
Gosh, how long is this going to take? a still hopeful internal voice said.
He was starting to have his doubts. Why was it taking longer than the time needed for the Repairman to develop Bowyer paralysis immunity?
No, no, she would be fine, she would come fresh off the assembly line and he would be there to help her get back to the void. Right?
Cat Slime, try as he might, could never dissuade his master from coming here. But now, the Repairman picked him up, a fatigued look in his eyes.
Silently, the two of them left, far earlier than they normally did.
It would be a long, long time before they came back to Smithy’s.]]
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