RA: A COUPLE LITTLE DIFFERENCES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S THE SAME AGAIN.
RA: WELL, AT LEAST NONE OF YOU ARE THERE.
RA: HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP?
RL: I'll... be fine.
RL: I guess.
RL: So what exactly are you doing here?
RA: I WANTED TO SEE YOU, D'UH.
RA: YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND AFTER ALL.
RA: OH WAIT, DID YOU MEAN HERE HERE, OR THIS TIMELINE HERE?
RL: How about both?
RA: WELL, I WANTED TO STAY CLOSE TO GROUND ZERO. I ALWAYS SET UP SHOP IN A FROG TEMPLE CLOSE TO HERE.
RA: IN THE MORE GENERAL SENSE, I'M HERE... TO MAKE AMENDS.
RL: For what?
RA: ... DANIELLE, I KILLED YOU AND TROY. WHEN I WAS IN THAT POSITION THAT ALEX WAS IN A FEW MINUTES AGO, I LASHED OUT AT TROY.
RA: YOU RAN TO HIS DEFENSE, AND YOU BOTH WOUND UP BLEEDING OUT ON THE FOREST FLOOR.
RA: BY THE TIME I CAME TO MY SENSES... YOU WERE BOTH DEAD. THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO.
RL: Well, as nice as it is that you're apologizing, I don't think I'm in quite the position to accept it.
RL: You see, I'm not that RL. I didn't die.
RL: And I don't intend to; not for a long, long time.
RL: Thank you for the tip, though.
RL: Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some trees to fix and a gate to find.
RA: THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THOSE TREES. THEY'VE BEEN SUCKED DRY. DERSE HAS SOME SORT OF USE FOR THE SAP. YOUR BEST BET IS TO CLEAR THE LAND, REPLANT THE TREES.
RA: AND WHERE ARE YOU HEADED? I CAN TELL YOU WHICH GET YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH.
RL: Well in that case, I think I'll leave the tree-clearing to the lumberjacks.
RL: That meaning the both of you.
Danielle points to the Alexes.
RL: As for gates, I think I'll wait until these trees are all replanted before I set sail elsewhere.
RA: WAIT, WHAT? NO! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME ALONE WITH HIM! HE CANT KNOW ABOUT ME, HE JUST CAN'T!
RL: And what exactly were you going to do when he woke up, fly away and hope he didn't see you?
RL: Yeah, I don't think that's gonna happen.
RL: Now I can't wield an axe like you guys can, so unless you want me to wake the other AL up so he can do it, get started on chopping down those old trees so we can replant.
RL: And to be honest, I don't think he really wants to be woken up right now.
RA: YEAH, HE ISN'T GETTING UP FOR A WHILE, THAT'S WHY I COULD GET AWAY WITH COMING HERE.
RA: AND WHAT GOOD IS REPLANTING GOING TO DO BEFORE YOU BEAT DERSE ANYWAY? TREES TAKE TIME TO GROW DANIELLE. IF THEY DE-FOREST THIS WHOLE PLANET, YOUR SNAKES WILL BE DEAD LONG BEFORE YOU CAN REBUILD THEIR PREFERRED HABITAT.
RA: I'M NOT SAYING I WON'T DO THIS FOR YOU. JUST THAT THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR YOU AND ALEX TO DO.
RL: Fine, I guess I'll just haul his ass through the next gate while he sleeps then.
RL: Which one am I supposed to be going through...?
RL: Wasn't it Mimi's or something?
RA: I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE 'SUPPOSED' TO GO. BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHERE THAT GATE IS. HANG ON A SEC, I HAVE A MAP, IT'D BE WORTHWHILE FOR YOU TO HAVE IT.
RA pulls a scoutphone out of his sylladex and puts it on. After a press of a button and a few seconds, Danielle's phone vibrates.
RA: THERE. ANNOTATED MAP OF LOSAJ. SHOULD GET YOU ANYWHERE YOU NEED TO GO.
RL: Excellent.
RL: If you would get started with the reforesting while we're off killing imps and shit, that'd be wonderful.