EUDIO: IC INBOX

[harrisonwells]

"This is Dr. Harrison Wells. Leave a message. A relevant message."

text | voice | video | network un: starlabs

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text.

[malingerer]

[ it’s--not that late. it’s not early, either. ]

I thought about not saying anything. I’m sure she’s told you by now. But then I realized I’d like to know, if it were me. And I know now that this must have been … the first thing you worried about, when you realized she was here.

I met Jesse accidentally. She’s frightened by me, understandably. I left her alone.

text.

[harrisonwells]

[He's still up. He's still up, and the temptation to call Jesse is almost overwhelming when he sees that message, but—but. He can't keep doing that to her. She knows where he is if she needs him.

The answer takes a long time.]

Was this before or after breakfast?

[malingerer]

Before. Almost as soon as I arrived, essentially.

[harrisonwells]

And you said nothing when WE met.

[Can you feel the phone getting hotter from the angry?]

[malingerer]

You felt baited enough as it was. I wasn’t interested in pursuing it, particularly since I’m still not convinced we’ll cross paths again. But you must be frightened. Given this Zoom business. And so.

You can rest easy. Nothing happened.

[harrisonwells]

You might say you understand, maybe you even think you do, but I would scorch the earth for her.

[malingerer]

I know.

Someone may give you a reason to someday. It won’t be me.

[harrisonwells]

How do I know?

[malingerer]

You never answered my question. About whether she looks like her mother. I found out firsthand.

It’s funny. I wasn’t ready.

[harrisonwells]

She looked like me when she was younger. She grew out of it by the time she went to school. Her teachers always knew who her mother was, even when they were meeting her for the first time.

[malingerer]

She’s lovely. Whip-smart. As soon as I turned around she knew something was wrong.

You must be very proud.

[harrisonwells]

What was it you weren't ready for?

[malingerer]

I see her mother’s face sometimes when I close my eyes. Startling to see in person. The heart remembers, even if the mind’s been subsumed.

[harrisonwells]

Subsumed. That's a pretty word for it.

I see her mother's face everywhere in Earth-1. It's colder there. Blue-shifted.

[malingerer]

I’m glad Jesse was old enough to remember her.

[harrisonwells]

She was my joy through all of that.

Why am I telling you any of this? All of your memories are stolen. You don't really know anything about her.

[malingerer]

You’re right. I don’t.

But she’s in this body. In the heart, in its nerve endings, its bones. It remembers something extraordinary. And I do, in turn. Whether I want to or not.

That’s all.

[harrisonwells]

You should want to remember her. She was indescribable.

If you'd met her to her face, she would have stepped over you without breaking her stride. Reverse Flash.

[malingerer]

I don’t doubt it.