[ so he calls it the Empty, huh? that's a new one! it's really so interesting hearing all the different things people tag onto stuff that's the same...

ah, wait, don't get distracted-- ]

You accepted something like that pretty easily, didn'tcha? I thought you'd be more of a calm, think-y type that would question that a little more...!

[ he's half-kidding. this should be mildly unsurprising considering the state of their everything right now? but also there's people trying to stick to the logical regardless, so... ]