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voice, forward dated to after shit settles down on the 24th.

[kutte]

You've been kicking around this death trap longer than me, right? You wanna tell me if I should be expecting that shit to happen regularly?

voice

[mindtricks]

A few months longer. [ and she wouldn't consider herself an authority on this, but. ] Yes. Expect it.

[ better to expect it and be prepared than to be caught unawares. and it does seem that they run into trouble often enough. ]

[kutte]

You got a few months on me, it's better than not knowing shit after just showing up.

[ jax's life, it's difficult rn. ]

This happen before? The weird looking monsters trying to rip us all apart?

[mindtricks]

[ she's sympathetic, really she is. ]

Not this, but there have been incidents before. We docked on a space station recently, just before the jump that brought you here. It was — there were no monsters, but it wasn't good.

[ what she's trying to say is that you should expect the unexpected. ]

[kutte]

[ there's a long pause, an exhale. jax is chain-smoking, stupid waste of cigarettes, but-- ]

How bad we talking? Worse than this?

[mindtricks]

A different kind of bad. [ how do you define good and bad and decide what's worse? the cyllene had certainly shaken her up pretty bad. ]

[kutte]

So it's all bad, we're just varying on the type.

[ this fucking place. ]

Well, shit.

[mindtricks]

[ got it in one ]

Yes. [ a beat. ] Are you doing all right so far?

[kutte]

I'm still alive, aren't I?

[mindtricks]

Survival isn't the same as doing all right.

[ says the idealist. ]

[kutte]

You think we can get that picky up here?

[mindtricks]

I think we need to ensure our survival, but we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that there is more.

You said it yourself: you're still alive. So you can try for more.

[kutte]

Aren't you a ray of goddamn sunshine.

[ what does he even do with you, anderson. ]

I'm just looking to get home. That's about it.

[mindtricks]

Why not try to make a difference while you're here?

[ he could start by listening to her? she'd like that. ]

[kutte]

You're a real...

[ there's a pause, an amused chuckle. ]

Alright, Pollyanna. I'll try to make a difference in the fucking spaceship.

[mindtricks]

Pollyanna?

[ what is it with people on this ship giving her nicknames? but she's smiling because maybe he did listen. ]

[kutte]

It's a book. You never read it?

[mindtricks]

No, I haven't.

[ a beat. ] What is it about?

[kutte]

Some chick who was always looking on the bright side. Even when she got hit by a car.

[mindtricks]

I've never gotten hit by a car. [ but that sounds like her, yeah. ]

[kutte]

And that's not looking likely, so long as you're up here. But the nickname still sticks, I think.

[mindtricks]

There is nothing wrong with my given name.

[ honestly what is it with people and giving her nicknames? not that she really minds, but just the other day noah all but asked if he could call her cass.... ]