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...I'm chill.
[ He's incredibly not chill. But was pretty sure she was joking, it's just lingering tension at the situation in general. ]
Oh, uh. Usually these days it's buzzkill.
[ He's incredibly not chill. But was pretty sure she was joking, it's just lingering tension at the situation in general. ]
Oh, uh. Usually these days it's buzzkill.
[ Wash just grins. ]
The guys I hang out with have had some spectacularly bad ideas.
The guys I hang out with have had some spectacularly bad ideas.
Eating wild mushrooms on an alien planet was the most recent ill-advised adventure. They were fine... eventually.
[ He misses his idiots... ]
[ He misses his idiots... ]
They aren't exactly exemplary specimens. They do always survive, but more through luck and determination than skill or common sense.
Yes. Supposed to be. It's a long complicated explanation I'd also need you to keep quiet, but if you don't mind the extra burden...
[ He couldn't say why he trusts her, except that Kyna seems honest and Wash knows he won't survive here without connecting with someone. Someone should know, too, he's definitely going to have to tell Strange if he looks into the security position, and he doesn't really want a total stranger to be the first one to know. ]
The super simple version is they weren't combat soldiers.
[ He couldn't say why he trusts her, except that Kyna seems honest and Wash knows he won't survive here without connecting with someone. Someone should know, too, he's definitely going to have to tell Strange if he looks into the security position, and he doesn't really want a total stranger to be the first one to know. ]
The super simple version is they weren't combat soldiers.
[Kyna's head tilts. She's good at keeping secrets, so she's not going to tell anyone, but what he's saying doesn't make much sense, anyway.]
Aren't... most marines supposed to be in combat?
[Okay, she's kind of ignorant when it comes to the military, especially the Space Military, but hey. She's trying.]
Aren't... most marines supposed to be in combat?
[Okay, she's kind of ignorant when it comes to the military, especially the Space Military, but hey. She's trying.]
[ Wash hesitates, because she didn't exactly promise again, but in the end decides the first one was good enough. ]
Yes, especially during a war. But... these guys washed out of basic and wound up part of a military experiment instead. A different side of the experiment I was a part of.
Yes, especially during a war. But... these guys washed out of basic and wound up part of a military experiment instead. A different side of the experiment I was a part of.
Yeah. To create a new breed of supersoldier, so we could win the war. Every branch was looking for a magic bullet, and it didn't really go well for anyone.
[ He's talked about this plenty since Freelancer fell, to the point it's just facts rather than enraging, but Kyna's never heard it. And she signed up for dinner, not... this. ]
We can talk about something more fun, I didn't mean to invite you out and go straight to something so heavy.
[ He's talked about this plenty since Freelancer fell, to the point it's just facts rather than enraging, but Kyna's never heard it. And she signed up for dinner, not... this. ]
We can talk about something more fun, I didn't mean to invite you out and go straight to something so heavy.
[It's been a couple of days since what was a perfectly normal — well "normal" conversation turned weird, then turned heated, then ended with Fenris storming out. Admittedly he's been avoiding Kyna since. At first it was out of anger and frustration, but then it became out of shame.
Eventually he decides enough is enough. He's tired of repeating old patterns. Patterns he should be through with. He hesitates several times before he sends her a message.]
Kyna.
Can we talk?
Eventually he decides enough is enough. He's tired of repeating old patterns. Patterns he should be through with. He hesitates several times before he sends her a message.]
Kyna.
Can we talk?
[This is a fun double whammy—one, the fact that they've been avoiding each other and now his message is literally popping up in her brain, and two, the question she hates the most in the entire world. It instantly fills her with dread.]
about what?
[Good start.]
about what?
[Good start.]
[Naturally Fenris is totally oblivious to how he sounds right now.]
In person. Perhaps a storage room would be best.
In person. Perhaps a storage room would be best.
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