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Because there are so many fewer diversions on this station than on the previous one, Aegis takes to those that are offered with more of an open mind than she might have done before. For instance, she stays after personal combat sometimes, to watch Sue sparring with Howlett. Now and then she takes a turn herself. Today she's just supervising.
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autokinetic
They're adjacent to each other in the infirmary. The other guy is in the makeshift morgue; he's not the first person to die on the station, although they don't have enough population to have a permanent setup for it.
They're treated for their injuries.
Aegis regains the ability to bird again after about an hour. you okay?
They're treated for their injuries.
Aegis regains the ability to bird again after about an hour. you okay?
no
He doesn't know. Well, yes, but he doesn't know if that's what's wrong.
He makes his confusion available over the link.
He makes his confusion available over the link.
autokinetic
they say I'm gonna be fine, she volunteers. they got to me quick enough. they won't tell me how you are.
i showed you what happened, he says. do you want it again?
autokinetic
I know what happened. I don't know how you're recovering. I'm not a doctor.
me neither
i don't care if i'm okay.
why
i like being your bird, he says listlessly.
He considers this, then agrees wordlessly.
don't know, he says. i just. don't care. about me. about anything.
autokinetic
Aegis has to dig very deeply to bring down enough wall for it, but she finds out that she can, if she wants to badly enough, send a virtual hug.
Now he is crying.
Is that an improvement?
It feels like it is.
Is that an improvement?
It feels like it is.
don't know what to say, he says. thank you, i guess. for being my friend.
He doesn't know what the name of this feeling is, but it's a good feeling and he can't remember the last time he had one of those, so he sends it.
autokinetic
Sending feelings is hard, and her head still hurts, or she'd reply in kind. thank you