✘ 02

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

[Ianto's working on fixing a heavily modified piece of tech from instructions Tosh has given him.  He's alternating between paper and machine, working methodically through the instructions.

Loud pterodactyl is loud, and so it's easier to get it done on the Astral Plane than at the Hub (or so Ianto hopes).]

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[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[gives a slight shrug] I know what things are like in your reality right now, and you and Tosh seem to be handling yourselves just fine, but I wanted to know how you were doing? [It comes out sounding like more of a question than he'd like]

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

I just said I was fine, didn't I?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

You said so.....doesn't mean it's true. [The last part is more of a mutter than anything, almost as if Jack didn't want Ianto to hear]

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

[Unfortunately Ianto does hear him, and he's muttering himself.] Not like you can do anything, anyway.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[Jack gives Ianto a look, though he does his best to keep his tone normal] But I will; a version of me, anyway.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

And how far off is that?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

Depends how long the Master's been in power. You just have to wait a few months longer, at most.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

It's been about seven months. How long?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

Five months.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

That's too long.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[gives him a wry smile] There's a reason we called it the year that never was.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

Don't see why it couldn't have been a few months off.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[Can't help but roll his eyes] We didn't drag it on a second longer than we had to, especially not so the name would fit.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean that.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

Then you understand there's a reason you still have to wait five more months.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I can.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

You will.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

You don't know that.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

You survived the trip to the Himalayas, didn't you?

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

Doesn't mean I'm going to live for the whole year though, does it?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

You've survived more than half the year already, and now you have me to help if you're ever need of supplies.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

We've been hiding, Jack. That's all we've been doing all year.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

That's all you need to do. The last thing I want is for either you or Tosh to get killed because you were idiots and decided to be heroes.

[damnfinecoffee.livejournal.com]

You said yourself it doesn't really matter.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

That doesn't mean you should go and get yourself killed over something stupid!