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[picksthenames]

	You've reached: CISSSSCOOOOOOO RAMOOOOOOON*. I'm off doing something more interesting than answering the phone, so you know what to do after the beep!
ｖｏｉｃｅ － ｔｅｘｔ － ｖｉｄｅｏ － ａｃｔｉｏｎ

[ *Said in an echoing voice not matching the rest of the message, much like an announcer in a stadium.
In fact it's an audio clip of Barry Allen's voice that Cisco has pieced into the rest of his outgoing message. ]

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[eloquentness]

Soo... the Porter just sucked him in? Like he was heading to work and then nope, it had plans of its own?

[ That doesn't exactly sound right, but Cisco isn't the first person to tell her about it. More quietly, she has to ask - ]

You think it could've sent him home?

[picksthenames]

It might have. It might just be holding him while the nanites rework his system. All I know is, I missed a day, and when I came back, my breaches worked when they didn't before.

[ He still can't open a breach home, or to any other Earth, but... better than nothing. ]

What I'm saying is, he can still come back.

[eloquentness]

Yeah, but . . . [ she hesitates, ] It feels selfish to want him back, you know?

[ He's the pride and joy of Central City. He embodies the hope that their home so, so desperately needed - and even though Caitlin and Harry and others could pick up the slack, they're no substitute. Iris knows that, deep down. ]

Not that I don't. [ She wants him in her arms more than she'd ever want to admit. ] But on the off chance that he got Ported home, maybe it could be a good thing.

[picksthenames]

No, I get what you mean.

[ He's Central City's hero. Wally does what he can as Kid Flash, but CC needs Barry more than Heropa does. ]

Well... Keep an eye out, I guess. There's a chance he'll still come back, but. If he doesn't... I guess that's good too.

[eloquentness]

[ She has to take a moment to mute herself and mourn, because even though Cisco says there may be a chance? That they may find him back in Heropa some day? She doesn't feel right wanting him to be trapped. And yet his absence is breaking her, more than she wants to admit. ]

Will do. Cisco, I... [ she takes a breath, ] Can you come over tonight? Maybe stay a while?

[picksthenames]

Of course.

[ She doesn't have to ask twice. He knows how close Iris and Barry are. To have each other and then lose each other like that... ]

I'll be there.

[eloquentness]

Thank you. [ She swallows thickly. She's not gonna break here - not now - but she knows she'll need time to really process this. ] I uh, I'll make sure there's plenty of ice cream.