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[littletonoidea]

"This is the audio log of Communications Officer Doug Eiffel of the-- previously of the U.S.S Hephaestus, leave a message and I'll see if I can bear to drag myself away from whatever utterly engaging task I must be doing to not notice my comms--"

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[cactusy]

still different

that's like me and neal, not me and malcolm

what happened after 3 months?

[littletonoidea]

i confronted her about avoiding me

first time i learned anyone on the ship knew about my sentence

once we had a talk about it, i told everyone else so there couldn't be any more nasty surprises about it

[cactusy]

did it go ok?

[littletonoidea]

surprisingly well, when i got to explain it with actual context

didn't feel good that the SI5 guys could brush it off so easy but they're fucking weird anyway so

look i'm not gonna force you to do the whole mediation thing with me if you don't wanna

respect

but if it's gonna happen anyway, at least you know you're not gonna scare me off

and malcolm likes me so i fulfil his weird requirement of 'must be someone i can hero worship'

[cactusy]

i want someone who's more coworker than friend. someone who's kind to malcolm and wants the best for him, but who doesn't think that being kind to him and wanting the best for him is the same thing as believing he doesn't have to change anything about how he comports himself. those are a lot of slots for a single person to fit into.

[littletonoidea]

uh

not really?

[cactusy]

how the hell not?

[littletonoidea]

cos everyone here who isn't friends with someone is technically their coworker by default?

and as long as you pick someone who's not a total asshole about it then you should be able to find someone pretty easy who can tell someone they're being stupid without telling them they're being STUPID

that's like half the barge that knows how to use their big boy words

[cactusy]

are you sure, because from what i can tell, it's rare.

[littletonoidea]

its a bell curve

the more likely you are to be a good person who gives people the benefit of the doubt and tell them off for their actions not their thoughts, the more likely they're gonna be friends with everyone

[cactusy]

still sounding pretty rare here, dude

[littletonoidea]

yeah pretty much

too bad you don't have some kind of communications officer

whos used to talking people down from murder and incredibly stupid self-destructive plans of action

who's just a coworker to malcolm

and isnt afraid to tell his friends how it is even if they dont wanna hear it

gee whiz

[cactusy]

no

you're not just a coworker to me

[littletonoidea]

okay

fair enough

dropping the topic for real this time

not sure im wrong but respecting your decision to not want it anyway

[cactusy]

[The sudden rush of relief she feels at that response seems outsized, and over on her end of the line, she huffs quietly at herself.

Then she switches over to audio. ]

Hey. Space Ace.

I love you, you know that?