Abner Pothos/IF-97.098

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Steely Dads! Interview

Excerpt from Steely Dads! episode #{null}, "Mulling Over Nulling: Pre-Historical Perspectives on the End of the World with Abner Pothos," hosted by Greer Gwiffin. The episode was recorded on Day 97, Season 24 and uploaded following the Garages' Nullification on Day 98, Season 24.

GREER GWIFFIN: Yeah. Yeah. It doesn't fade for Shadows. And that's really fascinatin' to me because — because Parker was just gone, y'know, and for a lot of the team, I figure that's the first time they've been unstable. Malik, he's downright used to it by now, I'd bet, and probably Alaynabella's felt it once, but it's only a week. Then it happens again, and again, it's only a week. And now everyone's got it for a third time, y'know, at minimum. But if you're a Shadow, well—
ABNER POTHOS: It never goes away.
GG: Right. I was about to ask, if you're willin' to talk?
AP: I've been unstable before, with the Fireballs.
GG: Right, right.
AP: When it first hits you, you think… you think I'm never going to forget this. Even if I make it out, I'll always remember this exact feeling.
GG: Like ridin' a bike.
AP: Mmh. Not as fun.
GG: Sure.
AP: You think that, and then… well, I've never felt it fade. So maybe, in a sense, I don't have that perspective that Malik has, or that Tot… had. But when Parker left again—
GG: "Again" bein' the first time for the Garages, the second time for you?
AP: Yes. When he left, it hit me all over again and — you do forget. Maybe not if it's only a couple weeks between, but for me? It's been so long that memories couldn't do it justice. It was — well, it really hit me. All I could think was…
GG: Take your time.
AP: I thought they were too soft. Parker being out, the world falling apart around them, and they were just cheering and rocking out. A few came right out and told me I was being disrespectful of all the crap they'd been through, and, well, we butted heads a few times after that.
GG: I bet. We went through a lot even before I started traveling. And after? I miss 'em, I do, but I'd be lyin' if I said I wish I'd been there for Season β15.
AP: Hah! Don't get me started on Consumers. All this is to say… going unstable again was one of the worst things that happened to me all season. And these kids are still out here on the active roster getting attacked, getting "Redacted" off to who knows where, blood draining and black holes expanding and everything else, and on top of that they're fighting through eclipses while they go unstable again every other week.
GG: It's a different league.
AP: It's a different league. I've still got some issues with how they do things, but I wish I'd believed them sooner.
GG: You apologize yet?
AP: I did.
GG: Good on you. That's a Gwisdom, y'know, one of the best ways to take self-care of, uh, of yourself, is by showin' you have self-care — I mean, showin' you care for your team. Especially when things are lookin' the way they've been lookin' all season, like tomorrow might be too late.
AP: Oy vey.
GG: Oy [expletive] vey.
GG: … Hey, that new kid with the fish tell you about the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus yet?

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