[The familiar pain and fear over that particular Weirdmageddon memory they both shared does not escape Bill's notice. It tinges the memory like blood spilling into the water adding an even greater overtone of danger; a knife thrown between two unarmed men.]
"NOTHING ELSE TO SAY?"
[Despite this, the ease of the situation temporarily alleviates some of Bill's rage. Things are back to how they should be: Ford, defiant, engaged in their battle and He towering high above him hopelessly out of his league. Overhead, the remaining equations circle like vultures.]
"Then I'LL CHOOSE a TOPIC, SHALL I? HERE's a PUZZLE for you, SCIENCE-MAN. WHAT WOULD you have DONE if I DIDN’T SHOW UP? HUH? WOULD that REST you so DESPERATELY claim you need have COME so EASY? Or... would it have EATEN away at YOU? Left you SUSPICIOUS? WOE IS ME! Not even my GREAT NEMESIS views me as a THREAT ANYMORE!"
[He laughs.]
"You ACT LIKE my INFLUENCE is what first TANKED your LIFE. But before me, you were STUCK! All that POTENTIAL and NO WHERE to GO WITH IT after YEARS of RESEARCH. STANFORD PINES the GENIUS who BLEW IT."
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"NOTHING ELSE TO SAY?"
[Despite this, the ease of the situation temporarily alleviates some of Bill's rage. Things are back to how they should be: Ford, defiant, engaged in their battle and He towering high above him hopelessly out of his league. Overhead, the remaining equations circle like vultures.]
"Then I'LL CHOOSE a TOPIC, SHALL I? HERE's a PUZZLE for you, SCIENCE-MAN. WHAT WOULD you have DONE if I DIDN’T SHOW UP? HUH? WOULD that REST you so DESPERATELY claim you need have COME so EASY? Or... would it have EATEN away at YOU? Left you SUSPICIOUS? WOE IS ME! Not even my GREAT NEMESIS views me as a THREAT ANYMORE!"
[He laughs.]
"You ACT LIKE my INFLUENCE is what first TANKED your LIFE. But before me, you were STUCK! All that POTENTIAL and NO WHERE to GO WITH IT after YEARS of RESEARCH. STANFORD PINES the GENIUS who BLEW IT."