19centconstable | Case #41: Video

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Case #41: Video

[George looks much less youthfully enthusiastic than usual. And sad. Try as he might, he can't quite help but look sad.]

I'm sorry to have to be the bearer of this, but I'm afraid Miss Jane Brunswick has elected to return home. If anyone was wondering.

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[Hoffman steps in, hands in his pockets. He's never been to George's cabin. Everything gets a cursory look.]

...I'm sorry about your friend.

[George offers him a seat. On the chair, not the motorcycle.]

I do appreciate that.

[Hoffman is looking at the motorcycle, then back to George, then back to the bike. Then back to George.]

...I thought you might want to talk. Were you and she...close?

[It does look a bit out of place.]

I did consider her someone whom I could always confide in.

...Were you and she tight?

[beat] ...hanging together?

[Awkward.] ...dating?

[George stares.

...And then bursts out laughing.]

Oh my goodness! Miss Brunswick and I? No, no, no. In fact, she was quite in love with that Mr. Eddie Russett, I believe. Do you remember him? He had feelings for her as well, but he's engaged to be married back home, which is a terrible situation. But myself and Jane? No.

[Hoffman tries to smile and fails. The whole thing leaves a bad taste in his mouth-but..]

...I dunno, I figured...

[Transfer much Hoffman? And he looks ashamed. Then.]

I'm glad you're okay.

There's a young lady back home. ...Or there was. Actually, there's another young lady as well.

[And next season there will be one more, George Crabtree, you manwhore.]

At any rate: the trouble with a relationship with someone from here is seeing the future in it.

Two young ladies. [Hoffman leans back, amused] You sly dog you.

...They chose to leave. Or they're taken from you.

[His voice is soft] I'm glad you've got somebody. I was concerned.

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Or even if they stay: can you ask that they give up their whole world to go back to yours? Or would you have them ask that of you? Could either of you truly be happy and start a family like that?

[George gives him a look.]

You're beginning to sound like my aunt, Detective.

[Which one? All 900 of them.]

[Hoffman is about to say that that it worked for Snape and Martha. That other people have made it work. But...other people didn't have his issues. Other people didn't have his problems.]

[He looks chagrined.]

...I suppose it would be unfair.

[It did work for them, but they're a wizard and a time traveler. As amazing as the future is, George doesn't belong in it. They need him in the 19th century, and that's where he wants to live his life and raise children. It would be a difficult adjustment for anyone modern, not to mention difficult to explain. There's no keeping up with the Snape-Joneses.]

And there's no shame in being a bachelor.

[How ironic that. Hoffman lowers his head and studies his hands]

It's hard not to become attached to people here and the kindness that they offer. You're right though. It's...unfair to expect someone to conform.

[He leans back and smiles] Don't get too stuck on being a bachelor man. When the right chick shows up you ought to take a minute to settle down. When we were on that other barge, I was married.

Oh, I certainly plan to. When she shows up.

I admit.

[His mouth twitches upward, smiling.] ...I liked being married to Alison in another universe. If it turns out she was pregnant when we broke up..

[His brow furrows] George do you think it'd be right to go back in time for a reason? Like if you saw a mistake you made and you had a chance to go back..would you?

I'm not sure it would be wise. It might adversely effect the future. It may be that the world needed you to have made that mistake.

[His brow furrows]

...So even...even if you knew that something good could come from it you wouldn't do it?

But one can't know that sort of thing for certain.

[Hoffman looks down at his hands] ...Besides, you wouldn't know what would happen in that kind of a situation.

It's too bad. I-

I dunno. That other me with his kid. That was kind of nice.

I'm sure it was, but children are very difficult to raise.

I know this, as I have been one.

[Hoffman frowns] ...You kidding me? I was raised by foster paren-

[he stops] So were you though. [he pauses and sighs] I was thinking...If it turned out Alison was...if she was going to have a kid. If I graduated..

[He was thinking about this] If I graduated an inmate...I could go back, and...Alison and I could...

[His hand clenches.] It's all right. It's fine. I'm glad you're okay.

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