“That’s a relief… I may be in the right place then—or for right now, at least. It’s not that I want to have to keep to myself, so maybe… maybe I’ll be able to speak up eventually, yeah? If you say everyone has a secret, does that include you too?”
"Well, yeah. I’m not some perfect person or whatever who’s got nothing to hide. Everyone has a secret, dude. Even outside of this tiny town, you know? I think people here would welcome you with open arms, we’re a pretty accepting bunch. I guess everyone in Gravity Falls is just weird. A town of weirdos.“
”Well, I really do appreciate that. Not many people are willin’ to give others that privacy… I’m glad of that though. I could use that for a change; it’s what I left to go look for…”
"Well, I promise no one in town will badger you too badly. They’ll probably just wanna know where you’re from and that’s it. We’re all very secret-friendly. No one really ever pries into someone else’s business here, probably ‘cause everyone’s got a secret.“
”Well, I’m thankful for that. Hopefully it shouldn’t be too bad here. I’m not in ‘trouble’, I just… people just… they don’t really like me where I come from. It’s a, uh, prejudice kind of thing, to say.”
"I’m not gonna pry ‘cause it’s not my thing, but I wanna say that’s, like, really dumb of them. Like, it’s twenty-fourteen and we still have prejudice alive and well? I’m sorry to hear that, dude. People aren’t like that here, they’re usually pretty accepting.“
”Sadly, I have to agree with that. I was just… tryin’ to get away. I heard this place ‘accepts the strange’ or somethin’, and I just hoped a place like this could help me out. Does that even make sense?”
"Yeah, it does. You’re not wrong about this place accepting oddities. This town is pretty…unique, to say the least. What d'you mean by ‘help you out’? Are you in some kinda trouble?“
”Yeah, he just might be then. I’m originally from Roarton. If you didn’t know or couldn’t tell, that’s in Lancashire, England. I haven’t been livin’ here long. I probably won’t stay for too long either…”
"Huh, so that’s where the accent’s from. I didn’t want to be rude and ask, y'know? Seems like people get offended over the tiniest things these days, man. May I ask what brings you to our humble little town?“
”I, um… haven’t been in school for a long while now, so I doubt that. I suppose I’m a bit new, to an extent. Do you… know what happened to him? That boy, I mean.”
"He…I actually don’t know. I don’t really keep up with people from school. I guess he’s still around somewhere. Really, you’re new here? Where are you from, if you don’t mind?“
“Are you new around here? I don’t think I’ve seen you before. But you kinda look like this dude I sat next to in Calc. He was pretty nice. Kinda quiet, though.”
6 years ago
