[ at the stumble, frank's gaze turns worried, about to reach out when steve rights himself. it wasn't like him to be careless, and he looks apologetic for a moment before sobering considerably. at first he thinks vietnam is a joke, haha he gets it he's old. but then he remembers-- steve is almost 30 years in the past for him. and also in an alternate universe where monsters possess tiny kids etc. whatever. ]
a few different places but afghanistan. kandihar.
[ that's where he was for the most time and where the most damage had happened. frank turns his attention back to the path ahead of them. ]
[ steve feels a bit guilty at the look, shaking his head as if to tell him he's fine, that was on him, sorry sorry.but he falls back into step easy enough, right? lets act like it never happened. ]
didn't know there was a war there
[ granted, steve's not actually the....smartest. and probably wouldn't know if there was. ]
and was that where you were before you showed up here?
[ it would be so nice to not know about anything that goes on over there, honestly. to be as ignorant and naive as steve is right now. he almost answers 'yes,' because there's always a part of him that's still there. frank doesn't think he'll ever retrieve it. ]
i was in new york. there's been a war in the middle east since the dawn of time. america started meddling with that shit in the 90s and it's been downhill ever since.
[ like with anything else about this place, frank doesn't see the value in tiptoeing around things. he's always been straightforward as a rule, so even when dealing with things he doesn't understand, he's only interested in dealing in truths. ]
[ steve looks from the message, to frank, then back to the message. he kind of very obviously is processing, but also not processing. sort of being overwhelmed, and letting that overwhelming feeling happen, and then just sort of exhaling in response to it. ]
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a few different places but afghanistan. kandihar.
[ that's where he was for the most time and where the most damage had happened. frank turns his attention back to the path ahead of them. ]
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didn't know there was a war there
[ granted, steve's not actually the....smartest. and probably wouldn't know if there was. ]
and was that where you were before you showed up here?
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i was in new york. there's been a war in the middle east since the dawn of time. america started meddling with that shit in the 90s and it's been downhill ever since.
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what do you mean the 90s?
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it's 2017 for me
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sure
[ this might as well happen. ]
how did that happen? do we know?
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[ aka he has no fucking idea. ] i don't have fucked up monsters or an "upside down" in my world either. just assholes who fight crime in their pjs
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[ and then there's that. which. he guesses makes everything easier? ]
i'm guessing you got the rundown from mike?