"Ah man...that was..quite the experience." Gano said as he rubbed his eyes in surprise; as soon as Douglas had reached to help him up his eyesight had returned.
'That's strange. This has hardly happened before.' Gano thought to himself 'Is Douglas..' "Gano! Gano!! Gano!!!" Douglas yelled his name as he was shook out of his stupor "Hey man are you alright!? Can you fill me in on what the hell happened....please. I'm not gonna lie man..I'm pretty fucking scared." "Fine." Gano sighed as he made his way to sit on the park bench "You're gonna will expalin this though.. I'll keep it short. We don't have time for a long story." "Alright." Douglas said as both men took a seat "Go head and shoot it to me."
"Alright. You're not going to believe this, but well, here I go, I've got two 'hard to believe things I've got to tell you: One-I'm from an alternate and possibly parallel dimension and two- in the world I'm from humans have been granted the access and ability to use psychic powers. I'm sorry about what happened here tonight cause it's very likely my presence " There was a slight pause as Gano gave Douglas some time to take it all in "Okay. That makes sense." Douglas responded "Whhhattttttttt!?" Gano almost fell forward in disbelief at the other man's answer "You're taking this in pretty damn well! Didn't you just pass out for a few minutes!? What's with the Mr. Cool Guy Act now?" "Yeah Dude, anyone's going to pass out if they feel like they're looking death right in the face. Ever seen Jaws? If I knew you had special powers that could stop bullets I wouldn't have been scared at all."
"My bad." Gano gave a sheepish grin "It's fine dude. I'm just grateful you saved my life back there. That's all. Pretty shitty explanation you gave me though. Ironically I think your answer only raises more questions." Douglas noted as Gano groaned "I knew you were gonna say that. " Gano gathered himself with a deep breath before he continued "Douglas I'm going to be real with you. The whole truth is something I'm not comfortable telling anyone right now-including myself. When I do-I promise to tell you. In the meantime, you have my word that from this day on out I won't let anything bad happen to you. I promise to be by your side; you should've never been dragged into this mess." "Why do you say that?" Douglas asked a bit worried "Well," Gano started "Now that that guy's seen you, that means the day has come that you've officially entered my world. Whether you're a psychic or not, you have the knowledge that he's one.
That's more than enough for him to come after you. A criminal is a criminal-" "-psychic or not." Douglas finished "Exactly." Gano smiled "You catch on quick." "Well" Douglas smiled in return "I've kind of been waiting on this moment my whole life. I always had a feeling deep in my heart that out there, somehow, somewhere, a realm and possibility beyond our reality existed. You, just by being you, and being here, means more to me than you know." "Thanks. I guess." Gano raised his brow in confusion "No. Thank You!!" Douglas insisted with a laugh "I'm not gonna lie though, once the adrenaline wears down, I'm still pretty concerned with how this is gonna affect my friends and my family. Will they be safe as well?" "Hm." Gano furrowed his brow as if he had suddenly remembered something important, but wasn't exactly sure how he was going to go about handling it, then, as if it shouldn't of even been a concern in the first place, shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and relaxed "You know, I wouldn't worry about that either. If push comes to shove, I'll look out for them too." "You sound a bit too sure of yourself saying that. You know something I don't?" Douglas eyed Gano suspiciously as Gano laughed in response "Well, I'm not going to tell you what my power, or how it works, if that's what you're getting at. What I will tell you is that my psychic is broken and when I'm around you're in pretty great hands." "As you can see. I'm so convinced." Douglas spat as Gano chuckled
"Fine. Fine. Fine. You have a point. Words are only worth their weight in gold after all. I see you're both a critical thinker and a dreamer, a skeptic and a believer rolled into one, I won't let you down Douglas. I saved your life once and I'll do it again...if necessary." Gano flashed a smile and pointed to himself "You can count on me!!" "Alright man. Alright. You've convinced me. Now stop with the cheesy smiling and posing stuff. This isn't some shounen anime. I believe you." "Whew." Gano relaxed his shoulders "That's a relief. Thought I was gonna have to pull out some of my best stuff!!" "Really?" Douglas stifled a laugh "You mean that wasn't it. I don't think it really gets much better than that." "Hardy har har. You're a very funny man. A real Steinfeld. Uhhhh...but getting serious for a minute..." "Who? You mean you?I was serious the whole time dude. I almost died. Remember??" "Anyways...how are we getting home?" "Home?" "Your house!! You know what I mean! I mean, I don't mind sitting on this bench and gazing into your eyes while dreaming about long walks on the beach,but we really need to get going at some point. You know anyone we can call? Probably'd be a really stupid idea to go with another Roadie." "Yeah. You're right. IIIIIIII....got one person I can call." "It's not your Mom is it?" "No!!Shut Up! I"m not mama's boy!! Jesus Christ." "You say so."
