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?
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?"
"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?"
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audio; 10/17, morning
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"Hello, Shaw. You once asked me to check you when you might lose touch with reality. Do you remember that conversation?
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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."
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"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?"
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"Can you use that to look into my head to find the chip?"
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Her eyes drift shut.
"I'm being a less-than-optimal warden to my inmate. I'm harming my wife emotionally."
She is so tired.
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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.