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[the video cuts to this face, which doesn't seem particularly pleased. he has a cockney accent when he speaks somewhat dryly.]

So, bit of a problem with all this- and by all this I mean this ah... mystery realm, let's call it. Earth? Earth. Not connected to the Astral Plane, is it! I think. Or I'm not, which-

[there's what's clearly a wolf whistle in the background, and camera turns enough to show he's at a cafe and some pair of people in the distance go 'hey there goth guy!' kravitz turns the camera back to himself with a :| face and ignores this]

Which is a wee bit of a problem. I have a theory, this is some sort of purgatory dimension and all that 'please get me out of here' wishing I was making was some monkey's paw bullshit- pardon my cockney.

[he sighs as those cat callers probably waggle their eyebrows.] If only this was a big goof.

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That's what I said!

[ I mean, not really? He didn't really say anything like that. Or anything at all. ]

It's somethin' to do with nanites, little machines they put in our bodies that revive us after death, I guess. There's places you can go to read all about it.

[ Places Merle might actually share, if he knew the links. ]

I- it- I can't-

[he just. why. he runs his hands through his hair then takes a deep breath. where did he even start?? again??]

Do you have any idea how much work this is going to be for me when The Raven Queen finds out?! Might as well kiss any nice ideas of having a long weekend sometime in the future goodbye, literally everyone here is going to have to at least be considered for the Eternal Stockade!

Why oh why can't you three ever be involved in things that don't break the laws of nature?

Hey, Raven Queen ain't here, man! Treat it like a vacation, that's what I'm doin'!

Don't go blaming us, this one's not even our fault!

That's the problem! You can't take a vacation from death, that's not how it works!

That hasn't been proven but- but fine.

[... slight. awkward cough.] I suppose if we're going to be stuck here together I'll say no hard feelings about the ah... arm thing.

[ Squint. ]

"No hard feelings?" It wasn't your arm that got chopped off!

Yes, but to be fair I didn't really think you'd be needing it. Or your body. Ever again, really. Besides, it helped make a pretty cool golem, right?

IT WAS MY ARM!!! OF COURSE I'd still be needing it! Do I look like I'm done using my body!!

[ Congratulations, Kravitz, now Merle is rubbing his hands all over his body for the whole network to see. ]

I regret everything about this conversation already.

[he has made so many mistakes. so many.] Please just... stop that. Please. And at the time you were my bounties and were due for the Eternal Stockade, because fifty seven Merle. Fifty seven.

Fif-ty. Se-ven. Merle.

[ He stops, begrudgingly, but sticks his tongue out at Kravitz anyway. And he's a few more than fifty-seven now... Sixty-eight, to be precise. Thanks, Refuge! ]

Yeah, so I died a few times. Don't see you turning Taako's or Magnus' arms to stone!

I did try to crush them with a golem made of said arm, remember? I didn't have some arm agenda here, I wasn't specifically targeting body parts in some grim attempt at making the world's most involved 'stop hitting yourself' joke.

Also I didn't really think you'd go for it. Sort of threw you a softball there, chum.

As I recall, that golem was out for me most of all, though!

[ He's not responding to the softball comment. ]

Well... alright, maybe there was the smallest attempt at a complex 'stop hitting yourself' joke. Gallows humor and all. It's an office thing.

Anyway, what I mean is I am sorry your arm got chopped off and I hope we can just... you know, see it as water under the bridge.

Yeah, I guess. Since you ended up being a good guy an' all.

[ And since he's dating Taako or whatever. ]

Oh. [he's a little surprised at how easy that was. and being called a 'good guy' given what he remembers of their interactions. huh.]

[he clears his throat, recovering] That's kind of you Merle, thank you. Just try not to die anymore, yes?

[ He's still upset about the arm thing, but it's easier being chill than being mad all the time. One of the benefits of being from the future is perspective. ]

Yeah, it's not like it was fun any of the 68 times I did it, so...

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