"Is this recording? ...Um. Hi. This is Wirt. I'm not here right now - I-I mean, obviously, since this is a recorded message. Uh... Leave me a message and I'll get back to you, at some point."
[He sort of feels like he still hasn't apologized enough, but he'll take the reassurance anyway and resist the urge to keep going (even though he looks a little like he wants to).]
Yeah...I mean, I guess so. I-I don't really know anyone this has happened to? So...it's not like I have an example to follow or anything. I've mostly just been reading?
[That's probably the last thing Wirt was expecting to hear, and he scrambles to put the pieces together. Dipper showed up after Wirt did, but he doesn't remember this at all and he kind of feels like a bad friend for not noticing. You should probably notice when your friends die after all.]
Wh-When did you die? Are y- oh my gosh, no, you're obviously okay now. [WHAT A DUMB QUESTION let him just backpedal out of it.] I-I...what happened?
Oh, I guess I never told you. [Dipper shrugs a shoulder, wrapping an arm around him.] A while ago, now. Back when all those zombies showed up. I got bit. But obviously everyone comes back, so you know. It's fine.
[There is no way that's fine. Wirt can barely handle the knowledge that he might be dead, so Dipper actually dying must have been ten times worse.]
...O-Oh. Um. [For a second, he really doesn't know what to say. It's really obviously not okay that Dipper died, and Wirt feels horrible.] I'm sorry. I-- I remember that event and I kind of just...I hid, and then when everything went back to normal and no one really said anything about it I just...assumed, I guess. I-I should have like, checked in or something, and actually made sure people I knew were okay.
[How could he have been that spacey and unobservant? How many other people he cares about have died during events while he wasn't paying attention?!]
[He shrugs a shoulder uncomfortably. He didn't bring this up because he wanted to talk about his feelings. Definitely the opposite of that.]
And it's definitely different since I'm fine back home, so like, there's not really that kind of uncertainty, but maybe I'll be able to relate a little? I guess.
[Why are so many emotions happening right now. He didn't ask for this.]
[Wirt didn't ask for this either, but less because it's emotional at all and more because he still feels bad he didn't notice. What kind of person just doesn't notice something like that? Dipper says he's okay, but...Wirt knows he wouldn't be fine if it happened to him. Obviously.
But, maybe he is okay. At the very least, Wirt knows it's a cue to not pry anymore, at least right now. He mirrors Dipper, shrugging a shoulder.]
Yeah...no, I appreciate it. I...actually, I didn't think I knew anyone who had even died here? I knew people came back, but... [He stops himself though, because maybe he does know other people who have died and just never said anything to him. It's enough to make him switch gears a little.] ...I-I dunno. It helps a little. I think.
[He doesn't know what to think about his own situation, but Dipper's trying and that's enough for now.]
[Wirt grins awkwardly too and he actually lifts up his hands up like he might finger gun back at him...but, no. No, that's not happening, but it does make him laugh just a little, in a way that actually breaks the awkwardness for a second.]
...Yeah, no. I'm not doing that. Um, thanks though?
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Yeah...I mean, I guess so. I-I don't really know anyone this has happened to? So...it's not like I have an example to follow or anything. I've mostly just been reading?
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[That's probably the last thing Wirt was expecting to hear, and he scrambles to put the pieces together. Dipper showed up after Wirt did, but he doesn't remember this at all and he kind of feels like a bad friend for not noticing. You should probably notice when your friends die after all.]
Wh-When did you die? Are y- oh my gosh, no, you're obviously okay now. [WHAT A DUMB QUESTION let him just backpedal out of it.] I-I...what happened?
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[It's... not fine.]
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...O-Oh. Um. [For a second, he really doesn't know what to say. It's really obviously not okay that Dipper died, and Wirt feels horrible.] I'm sorry. I-- I remember that event and I kind of just...I hid, and then when everything went back to normal and no one really said anything about it I just...assumed, I guess. I-I should have like, checked in or something, and actually made sure people I knew were okay.
[How could he have been that spacey and unobservant? How many other people he cares about have died during events while he wasn't paying attention?!]
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[He shrugs a shoulder uncomfortably. He didn't bring this up because he wanted to talk about his feelings. Definitely the opposite of that.]
And it's definitely different since I'm fine back home, so like, there's not really that kind of uncertainty, but maybe I'll be able to relate a little? I guess.
[Why are so many emotions happening right now. He didn't ask for this.]
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But, maybe he is okay. At the very least, Wirt knows it's a cue to not pry anymore, at least right now. He mirrors Dipper, shrugging a shoulder.]
Yeah...no, I appreciate it. I...actually, I didn't think I knew anyone who had even died here? I knew people came back, but... [He stops himself though, because maybe he does know other people who have died and just never said anything to him. It's enough to make him switch gears a little.] ...I-I dunno. It helps a little. I think.
[He doesn't know what to think about his own situation, but Dipper's trying and that's enough for now.]
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[Dipper doesn't like to talk about it. But he likes pretending he's got no problem with it even more, so. He can totally talk about it. This is fine.]
Good. Good. So, uh. Let me know if you need anything? [Dipper grins awkwardly and finger guns at Wirt.]
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[Wirt grins awkwardly too and he actually lifts up his hands up like he might finger gun back at him...but, no. No, that's not happening, but it does make him laugh just a little, in a way that actually breaks the awkwardness for a second.]
...Yeah, no. I'm not doing that. Um, thanks though?