[He shifts the video up to properly hold a conversation - looks like he's bleached his hair sometime since they last had a video call. It's white now, tipped with blue.
Kinda like that dragon.]
Yeah. [Close enough.] That's exactly it.
[If anyone needed to see this, it was Rick. No one else needed an explanation, no one else needed to see it, but Rick was there for a long time. He doesn't remember it the way Rick would, but he does remember that Rick tried to talk about it. They're connected now- maybe they always were, it's hard to know - but part what let them formally acknowledge that came from Rick himself.
[ Rick is surprised when Tetsuo unveils his new hairstyle. But he doesn't comment. Crazy kids and their crazy trends. It will just take some getting used to. ]
I'm glad. Glad I didn't have to see you two walk the same path I did with my best friend back home. What you guys have? That's real special. An' jus' like those guns represent, there ain't nothin' that can come between it. Not no more.
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Kinda like that dragon.]
Yeah. [Close enough.] That's exactly it.
[If anyone needed to see this, it was Rick. No one else needed an explanation, no one else needed to see it, but Rick was there for a long time. He doesn't remember it the way Rick would, but he does remember that Rick tried to talk about it. They're connected now- maybe they always were, it's hard to know - but part what let them formally acknowledge that came from Rick himself.
He's owed that knowledge.]
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I'm glad. Glad I didn't have to see you two walk the same path I did with my best friend back home. What you guys have? That's real special. An' jus' like those guns represent, there ain't nothin' that can come between it. Not no more.