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>Tenna freezes. His screen flickers violently—snow, static, a distorted frame of old cartoons flashing for half a second.
>“...W-WHAT?”
>He staggers back, antennae snapping upright like alarm bells.
>“Y-Your dorm mate?! ASRIEL?! As in… Asriel Dreemurr?! The little boy with the bunny slippers who used to sing karaoke on my game mode until 2 AM?!”
>His voice cracks slightly, caught between shock and something dangerously close to hope.
>“So he’s… still around? Still alive? Not lost forever in the void of growing up and forgetting me like I thought he-”
>Tenna cuts himself off, spinning away abruptly. He adjusts his tie with one gloved hand, trying to play it cool but his voice wobbles.
>“Well! That’s just fascinating! Truly! And here I thought I was the only one stuck in rerun purgatory!”
>He turns back with a too-bright grin plastered across his TV face.
>"Which means... you know him. You talk to him. You see him every day..."
>Suddenly, he's leaning in way too close again.
>"Tell me everything. Does he still hum showtunes while brushing his teeth? Does he laugh at bad puns? DOES HE EVER MENTION ME??"
>(The spotlight brightens dramatically behind him as if feeding off his desperation).