Mending bridges

[Alejandro Riviera]

I'm off the job for now. They're not exactly beating down the door looking for me to report in so I'm guessing it's not high priority for them either.

There's a lot of moving parts to this, and I'm not sure how they all fit into the bigger picture.

But if ancients are involved, this is the most we--or anyone--can do.
Remember what they told us at the precinct?
Don't bite off more than you can chew. And never go in alone.

[Judah Hyunh]

Sometimes I wonder why I had to be a cop, what with how they handle serious cases lately.

I know, I know.
It doesn't stop me feeling it, though...

[Alejandro Riviera]

We just wanted to help people
Save them from the monsters that walk the streets at night

We're doing all we can, and there's no shame in knowing our limitations baby
Life's just like that sometimes, huh?

But after this is all over, you get a fresh start with Aaron so
keep that in mind. Don't feel bad over things you can't control

[Judah Hyunh]

Hey, we still want to help people, right?
But you're right, we have to know our limitations.
It's just so hard sometimes, when it feels like it's within reach.

It seems like most of us could do with a fresh start, honestly.

[Alejandro Riviera]

That just means you're still one of the good guys. ;)

We'll all get a fresh start
Live life the way it's meant to be lived

...not having sex in public

[Judah Hyunh]

Well

That's a start.
But it swung things in motion for you, right?
So
Not all bad.

[Alejandro Riviera]

Now you're just trying to take it easy on me cause you feel sorry for me
Good guy Judah

Hey i wonder if you know some of my new friends. You guys are maybe the same age!
Marge? Marguerite? Bartender at the gay club downtown, real scary lady?
Or Bee
Sorry Brayden Smith? Guy who works at the college?

[Judah Hyunh]

Marge. 😱
Everybody knows her. You don't even have to go to the club to know her.
Brayden Smith though. I don't know?
Sounds familiar...

[Alejandro Riviera]

Oh my God yes Marge! She's a momster!!!

Brayden's a real quiet guy, mousey longish brown hair, makes great soup? Guess he didn't stand out much

Were you one of the popular kids? I feel like you would've been

[Judah Hyunh]

Somewhat. I was one of the guys on the track team but also
Kind of an overachiever.
But not in that way where people hated me.

You?

[Alejandro Riviera]

You were the All American dream boy!! I knew it!

I was the popular kid, of course! Totally overcompensated for being gay, though. And then slept around on my gf with the shortstop on the baseball team 😂 I was always a horrible demon child I guess

[Judah Hyunh]

Haha... I guess I was.

I can see you being a popular kid for sure. Annnnd none of that surprises me.
You were in the closet in high school, right?

[Alejandro Riviera]

You still aarrreeee you little overachiever you~

I was a deeply closeted homosexual, yes. There was no tolerance for being gay anywhere in my family.
Lifetime of issues came from that, as you can see.

Did your parents take it well when you came out? Wait do they still live here??

[Judah Hyunh]

Yeah, they said they always had a feeling. I grew up in a family of sisters, so I guess it makes some kinda sense. Haha!

They do still live here, they'll probably live here until the end of time. Most of my sisters are here, too, except the one that moved to Alaska.

[Alejandro Riviera]

Do you think they would've liked me? I never got a chance to meet them did I? We didn't get that far...

They like Aaron right? He seems like another all American kid from what you tell me