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Sunuva- bitch.
[ The camera goes all screwy as Jesse pushes himself up, sits back on his knees and sweeps his hands off on each other. He doesn't seem to notice the camera's even on as he paws at himself and finally stands, swearing a few times under his breath as he does. Idly beats some gravel off his jeans. He sounds dumbfounded when he finally speaks again. ] I'm back here.
[ And the camera turns with him, a few confused steps before he throws his arms out to both sides, an irritated kind of shrug. ] I'm back- here. [ And his hand raises again, so he can first tap a finger against the screen, and then slap an angry palm against it a few times. He repeats, ] Sunuvabitch.
[ Then he finally fiddles with the buttons, intending to turn on the communicator, but, ] oh, [ it's already on. ] Ya wanna clue me in here? [ He glances around the area. ] Yo, anyone still out there?
[ The camera goes all screwy as Jesse pushes himself up, sits back on his knees and sweeps his hands off on each other. He doesn't seem to notice the camera's even on as he paws at himself and finally stands, swearing a few times under his breath as he does. Idly beats some gravel off his jeans. He sounds dumbfounded when he finally speaks again. ] I'm back here.
[ And the camera turns with him, a few confused steps before he throws his arms out to both sides, an irritated kind of shrug. ] I'm back- here. [ And his hand raises again, so he can first tap a finger against the screen, and then slap an angry palm against it a few times. He repeats, ] Sunuvabitch.
[ Then he finally fiddles with the buttons, intending to turn on the communicator, but, ] oh, [ it's already on. ] Ya wanna clue me in here? [ He glances around the area. ] Yo, anyone still out there?
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[ He has to think on that one, drags again off his cigarette and speaks in a flurry of smoke. ] Hypothetically?
[ He ashes the roach, furrows his eyebrows a little. He's run his own labs multiple times, he knows the chemistry as well as anybody. He ain't no Mr White but he's certainly no shard peddler anymore. ] Yeah. Absolutely. Shit's a recipe, ya just gotta follow it.
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Think you could teach it to someone from 1923?
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[ Feels almost like he's coming full circle. ]
You, uh. You wanna cook crystal meth?
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[A pause.]
It's a matter of curiosity, mostly. You can't blame a guy for wanting to keep himself busy, right?
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[ He peers curiously at Meyer again. ] "Not here," then where? It ain't like I can pull a time machine outta my ass and go back and teach ya.
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[He shrugs, putting his hands into his pockets. These jeans are still slightly uncomfortable to him.]
I mean you can teach me how to do it here, but I won't be making any of this meth stuff here, yes? Maybe I can go home and put those skills to use there. Maybe not. Either way, I'll learn something new.
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[ He gives a minute shake of his head, no. ] Ya won't remember it. Damn shame, I mean. They wouldn't'a seen anything like it, where you're from.
[ And he hesitates for a while. Because he was out, he's been out for months now. But that was back home, where everything went wrong and none of it seemed like an option anymore. ] Yeah. Yeah, I could maybe teach ya. But it ain't easy.
[ He even wonders, vaguely, about pseudo and just what the pharmacy's looking like. ]
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[A slight smile at Jesse's final comment.]
If it were easy, it wouldn't be interesting.
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True that. [ He plays with the filter of his cigarette with a thumb, eyebrows furrowing in thought. ] What wouldja do if we could? Like actually could. Can't exactly be a big market, small place like this.
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[A pause as he thinks about it, narrowing his eyes for a moment.]
We'd have to come up with a way to get people to buy the product. Create a market.
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[ There's a voice in the back of his head, probably Finch's, vaguely wonders how the hell he'd feel about Jesse picking up his hobbies here. ]
Wouldn't be big but it'd be somethin' to do. [ He scratches a thumb thoughtfully against his jaw, ashes his cigarette again. ] Might have an idea.
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[He sounds cautiously interested. If there's a market for it -- or if they can create one -- it'd be something to pass the time, maybe something that'd be profitable.]
Hypothetically speaking, if we did come up with an idea...
[Because of course this is all hypothetical.]
My partner is gonna be involved in any business I'm in.
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Alright. [ Not alright. He looks somewhere between wary and curious, propping his cigarette back into his mouth, talks around it with it dangling off his lips. ] So, uh. What exactly's he gonna bring to the table?
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[And like himself, but something in the way Jesse and Charlie talk strikes him as a lot more similar than he is to either of them. He fiddles with the cigarettes in his pocket, still trying to resist their temptation.]
All I want to do is learn what you have to teach, for now. We can talk about the particulars, if there are any, later.
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Yeah, alright. It's gonna take ya a while, and ya ain't gonna get the most of it, cuz I'm figurin' you weren't too big on learnin' chemistry in school. [ No idea how the 1920s work anyway. But he's still the pot calling the kettle black, really. ]
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[It's difficult not to roll his eyes and laugh at that nickname, but if that's what Charlie wants to go by around here, he's not stopping him.]
I haven't been to school in a long time. I'm more... self-educated.
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[ He's thinking of Mr White at a time like this, all 'two best meth cooks in the country' this and 'every bit as good as me' that. And sometimes he bought it, when he wasn't figuring, no, he killed the second best meth cook in the fucking country. But he's not gonna sweat it here, not now - it's not even a goddamn question, here. ]
[ So Jesse spreads his arms wide, a little machismo to his actions now. It isn't often he gets to brag, even if it's with a side of sarcasm. ]
Well, man, your new education's about to come from the very fuckin' best. So hold onto your butt.
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I should probably let you settle back in to the town before I start asking you for lessons.
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I'm always ready. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Now, if ya really want, wanna keep busy, ya can take a tour through the pharmacy they got goin' up in here, check out if they got any allergy pills. It'll say right on the box. Ya gotta look for, [ and he taps a finger against the side of the notebook, ] pseudoephedrine, provided they got it, alright? I can write it down if ya want.
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[He scribbles something down in his nearly illegible handwriting -- it's debatable as to whether he spelled it right (he's never heard the word before, after all), and nobody besides him would be able to decipher his notes anyway, but at least he wrote it down.]
I'll look for it.
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