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Good strategy.

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Running a business has its perks.

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Built in excuse, you mean? Now I'll realize exactly what you're doing if you pull that on me.

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If I'm avoiding you for work, you'll probably know before I even get to that point.

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Good to know.
How was Octavia while she was here?

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Angry.

The two of us got thrown together in an alternate world we got dragged to. I guess I should tell you this, but the world made us think we were married.

[Because.

Yeah.]

And because nothing here comes easily, I still remember that. It's a weird feeling to have alongside, well. The rest of Octavia.

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[Wow. That's a rabbit hole he's not going to go down.]

She didn't get better?

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I brought her into my plan to help this world. We both were at fault for what happened to the Valley, so I thought it would be good to give her a chance to make good for it.

She accepted.

It's better than you'd expect.

She didn't need to be Blodreina to the people of this world.

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And then she disappeared.

[Yes, he is absolutely still stuck on that.]

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A lot of people have. You included.

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I know. That must have been hard.

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It was, but I had friends to help.

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I'm glad you did. You've made a life here.

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I have, but it's always been to the exception of something else. I'm here because I'm away from my friends and family. Now I'm here because I want to give my friends and family somewhere safe to live.

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We'll figure it out, Clarke. We're not leaving them.

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Don't worry. I wouldn't let that happen.

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I know. But if they can't come here, we can't stay.

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I'm aware.

That's why I'm not going to let that be an option.

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Yeah. I know you won't.

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If I can't, then we'll go back.

[That's the truth of it all.

If she were younger, she might not admit it. But she knows better now. As much as she has a steel will, she knows better than to go too far and to live in denial of what's in front of her.]