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Maria, it's Thassarian. Don't know if you recall me or not...I just wanted to make sure you got back into housing okay.

Edited 2013-07-05 03:50 (UTC)

[UGH THASS WHAT IS THIS EVEN have some really awful bedhead]

Thassarian? [SQUINTING, then comprehension dawns.] Yes, yes, I remember you. And yes, I'm here and all right...are you?

[Maria I am sorry.]

I am.

Forgive me for waking you, I just wanted to ask.

[YOU WILL BE.]

No, no...it's all right. I've long been accustomed to odd hours. [Just...not lately. Okay, rubbing her eyes, we are waking up now.]

What caused you to wonder so late, though?

I...don't sleep. The network gets quiet this late at night.

I start thinking about my friends here, and I like to check on them. That's all.

At all?

[Well, that's unusual. It makes her smile, though, to hear that he thinks of her as a friend. She's had few enough of those.]

It hasn't been an easy time, but I'm still here and carrying on. There's little else to do.

We were forbidden to, when I was in the Scourge. It's probably for the best that I don't try.

Hopefully it remains quiet for a while, though I wouldn't object to a mission soon.

[That's ominous.]

It's frustrating to lie idle, isn't it? I didn't ask to be here, but if they've taken us from our homes to do a job, I do wish they'd let us get on with doing it.

It's difficult to find things to fill the days and nights with. I've always been much better at figuring myself out when I had a mission...I'm no good with just sitting and waiting.

I think I understand. I know I feel better when I have...a purpose of some kind. To be honest, I felt a little lost before I came here, because I no longer had one.

[He laughs softly, almost bitterly.]

I understand that all too well. I suppose a solider is a soldier, no matter what world, huh?

I'm not certain if that's a good thing. Yet it's a little reassuring, if I'm completely honest.

Maybe, despite being worlds apart, we have more in common than you might think, at first.

[And, you know, the whole alive vs dead thing.]

Send me a message if you need anything, Maria. I might not have much, but what I have is yours.

Maybe you're right.

[Minor details.]

Thank you, Thassarian. I won't forget.

not sure if you want to come but there's a thing tonight. it's for that little girl.

Little girl?

the one Giovanni pulled outta the wrecked building with me. I kinda brought her here. But something changed on the planet yesterday and she disappeared.

What? How could that happen?

there's this thing they never told us. someone said it anon the other day and it freaked me out and then...this. it's true. what we do in the past changes the world. it fucks with peoples lives.

[There's a lengthy delay before Maria replies. Yes, she'd understood that their purpose in being here was to change history, but she hadn't considered that such actions might erase people around them in the present day. It's more than a little disturbing.]

My condolences.

mine too.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to joined you. I'm in jail at the moment.

oh. hadn't heard.

I'll understand if you'd rather not speak with me anymore.

[But she's not actually sorry for the mutiny.]

just because you did something stupid? I'd never get to know people that way.

I can't say I agree with your assessment, but I appreciate the sentiment.

pretty sure it's a thing we can't agree on I'm good with that

All right then.

I'm sorry I won't be able to join you tonight.

thanks

I have the Transporter coordinates you need: 2893.x7.24

AI is prepped for travel as well, and should be waiting in one of the drives by the computers.

Be safe.

[date of receipt: 1 day prior to your ic mission.]

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