[ not well, she's assuming. and she knows they weren't on great terms during the last mission. after seeing how emotional he'd gotten then, fox doubts the neraki coming to meet them on their departure was any kind of easy for him.
or was watching the planet reduced to dust, or the whole murder your way up the corporate ladder thing with honey. maybe he doesn't want to talk with her anymore, but she'd like to at least check on him. ]
No. I meant it for you. [ wesley can handle this. he won't be happy about it, but he doesn't have the kind of sensitivity that d'artagnan does, or the wealth of driving emotion. ]
[ Ajna sits large in his memory now. Macha’s destruction from a distance had been kinder than Ajna’s. The Neraki had been killed in an instant. For the Shai, it had been so much more brutal. It’s the difference between shooting a man in the head and burning him alive, and d’Artagnan had been one of those holding the torch. He’d almost broken that day. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
We’ll always do worse as long as we’re here. Take the reprieve where you can get it, Fox.
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How's your head?
[ not well, she's assuming. and she knows they weren't on great terms during the last mission. after seeing how emotional he'd gotten then, fox doubts the neraki coming to meet them on their departure was any kind of easy for him.
or was watching the planet reduced to dust, or the whole murder your way up the corporate ladder thing with honey. maybe he doesn't want to talk with her anymore, but she'd like to at least check on him. ]
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FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Fine? I didn't hurt it.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
You meant to text Gibson didn't you.
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No. I meant it for you. [ wesley can handle this. he won't be happy about it, but he doesn't have the kind of sensitivity that d'artagnan does, or the wealth of driving emotion. ]
FROM: fox@cdc.org
I meant your mind. Leaving Macha was rough.
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I’ve seen worse. I’ve done worse.
[ Ajna sits large in his memory now. Macha’s destruction from a distance had been kinder than Ajna’s. The Neraki had been killed in an instant. For the Shai, it had been so much more brutal. It’s the difference between shooting a man in the head and burning him alive, and d’Artagnan had been one of those holding the torch. He’d almost broken that day. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
We’ll always do worse as long as we’re here. Take the reprieve where you can get it, Fox.
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Not being worse doesn't make it easier.
[ hardly. but she's not going to pry if he says he's fine. ]
FROM: fox@cdc.org
I plan to. Taking in any of the activities yourself?
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Nothing about being here is easy. I don’t really have a choice.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
I’ll go to the cinema, I liked it before. I don’t know if they’ll open it, but if they do, be careful of the Black Box. You wouldn’t like it.
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FROM: fox@cdc.org
See anything good last time? [ at the cinema. the idea of a musketeer watching movies is a little precious. ]
FROM: fox@cdc.org
What's wrong with the Black Box?
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'Mean Girls'.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
It was terrible, I don't recommend it. If that's the future, I'm glad it's not mine.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
The Black Box is a place where you train. It puts you through terrible things. Lots of us did it before. No one came out of it happy.
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Ah. It takes a certain generation to enjoy that one.
FROM: fox@cdc.org
What sort of terrible things?
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It was different for everyone. Some saw their friends killed. Others were attacked by them. I was ordered to kill a child.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
It depends on the person.