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Jedao lets himself into Zero, and sits in front of her cell. He wants to crawl inside one of the cages. He wants to peel the layers of vicious scorching hostility away from his skin, wants to collapse and cry and sleep. He sits cross-legged and rests his hands on his thighs.
"Hello, Shaw. You once asked me to check you when you might lose touch with reality. Do you remember that conversation?
"Hello, Shaw. You once asked me to check you when you might lose touch with reality. Do you remember that conversation?
"Yes."
She blinks at him dully from her position on the floor next to the bed. Her hands are cuffed together with a set of complicated-looking padded restraints, which are in turn cuffed to the bedframe; she has enough freedom of movement to move up and down off the bed, but that's about it.
"I'm always kinda out of touch with reality here, but it's. Worse. Right now. I felt the chip in my head."
She blinks at him dully from her position on the floor next to the bed. Her hands are cuffed together with a set of complicated-looking padded restraints, which are in turn cuffed to the bedframe; she has enough freedom of movement to move up and down off the bed, but that's about it.
"I'm always kinda out of touch with reality here, but it's. Worse. Right now. I felt the chip in my head."
He nods. It's good that she's aware; he doesn't discount how serious it is anyway.
"Numerous people are experiencing hallucinations. It's not just you, but the scariest things you're certain of today are almost certainly false. However, the situation is this. Do you also remember when I told you I could always tell if inmates were carrying concealed weapons?"
"Numerous people are experiencing hallucinations. It's not just you, but the scariest things you're certain of today are almost certainly false. However, the situation is this. Do you also remember when I told you I could always tell if inmates were carrying concealed weapons?"
"If you come out of the cell, I can. But you might be subject to more influence, if you do that. Do you want to try it now, or do you want to wait and just make sure I'm hear to check you over when you are ready to go?"
Well... um, maybe a couple reasons? I think he has more of a right to be suspicious about me with regards to the notebook than Hunter did with regards to the greenhouse. I mean, I actually violated Gonou's privacy, whereas Hunter just imagined that I had dark ulterior motives.
"Okay, we'll do that. And I saw Will a little while ago. He's doing okay so far."
Jedao didn't even take his gun away, since he seemed capable of being responsible with it.
You can rest, he doesn't say, and he hates her a little, but he hopes she hears it, too.
Jedao didn't even take his gun away, since he seemed capable of being responsible with it.
You can rest, he doesn't say, and he hates her a little, but he hopes she hears it, too.
You know, it's not just that you're better at boundaries, now. You're also much better at considering other people's perspectives.
[That clearly throws her for a loop; she pause.]
I... guess? No, that's a good point; I never thought about it that way.
I... guess? No, that's a good point; I never thought about it that way.
I'm not sorry for lying to you about something you had no particular right to know. But I am glad we got to be friends. That part wasn't a lie.
Thank you. I'm glad we got to be friends, too.
And I'm not angry with you.
And I'm not angry with you.
Before the agenda items, it feels polite to ask if you're alive and functioning? All things considered.
[He has a moment to reel; should he have checked in sooner, she's still there? But she's asking, so he'll answer.]
On my way.
[He's there in a minute.]
On my way.
[He's there in a minute.]
Well, if you put it like that?
...No, still not at all. I just - wanted to thank you, for the lyre I found in my cabin. Your intercession on my behalf, I'm assuming.
Tired.
[Hungry. He hates being hungry.]
Basically fine, though. What do you need?
[Hungry. He hates being hungry.]
Basically fine, though. What do you need?
I...guess mostly to apologize? And to thank you for what you did. And to offer to bring you whatever you need. I'm told the currency on the Barge is cookies but I'm flexible.
Mmm. I hope I'll get to hear you play, sometime.
[Jedao assumes, since Astarion is bringing it up at all, rather than stripping the thing for garrottes or tossing it overboard in offense, that it's not egregiously forward to ask.]
Your new warden would probably love that too, if you ever need to butter him up. Not that he isn't one of the most agreeable people I've ever met, but -
[Jedao assumes, since Astarion is bringing it up at all, rather than stripping the thing for garrottes or tossing it overboard in offense, that it's not egregiously forward to ask.]
Your new warden would probably love that too, if you ever need to butter him up. Not that he isn't one of the most agreeable people I've ever met, but -
[Jedao feels like what he did was a lot of too little, too rough, too late; it was Gaius's power that protected Will, not Jedao. Still, he's been on the barge long enough that he's learned not to be ungracious about things like this.]
Oh, no thank you. You could bring us down some fresh eggs, if you feel you've got to do something.
And I don't hold any of it against you. You were seeing a whole different situation, weren't you? It wasn't just the rage, for you?
Oh, no thank you. You could bring us down some fresh eggs, if you feel you've got to do something.
And I don't hold any of it against you. You were seeing a whole different situation, weren't you? It wasn't just the rage, for you?
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