shoma [spacecoast]

[verminous]

child.

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[solesuccess]

Yeah, I bet. [ ... ] We took good care of Rodya and Yuri, don't worry. Or...as much as possible at least.

[verminous]

...good. I owe you guys for that, I...

[he shakes his head.]

I know it wasn't-- easy on her. I heard...

[he was out of his mind at the time, but he couldn't possibly forget hearing yuri scream.]

[solesuccess]

Yeah...[ he had been hoping he hadn't, but there's a faint wince at the realization. ] She's good at bouncing back after stuff, but that one was hard to watch for all of us. Her especially. So be sure to spend lots of time with her today, okay?

[verminous]

I'm planning on it, don't worry. I know I owe her that much.

Rodya, too.

[solesuccess]

Good. [ a self-assured nod! but he pauses for a moment... ] Not that the rest of us didn't miss you, too. It's been a weird week.

[verminous]

It sure seemed like it-- and then with you guys and Artemy getting injured on top of it...

[god.]

I'm sorry I couldn't be around.

[solesuccess]

We got back alive. That's all that mattered with that. [ but yeah that wasn't great. ] Don't apologize for that. The...we always knew the affliction could affect anybody. None of us were safe in the end.

[verminous]

I know. But I still-- feel like I should've been here, anyway. Being over there and just watching was...

Pretty rough.

[solesuccess]

...how much of that did you guys actually see...?

[verminous]

We didn't see the mission, we just saw you guys coming back.

[solesuccess]

[ oof. ]

Well we were on a different planet so that makes sense. But...yeah. At least we're all better? [ he is still covered in healing acid burns, bruises and cuts and missing an eye. but better. ]

[verminous]

Are you all better?

[he has eyes shoma you're STILL HURT.]

[solesuccess]

...I'm better? [ eheh. ] I'm better. I healed up enough that I can move around on my own.

[verminous]

... well, considering everything going on, I'll take that.

[solesuccess]

Thanks. [ :) ] The last couple of days have been...really, really hectic making sure things went according to plan. And now that they have there's a little bit of breathing room.

[verminous]

You guys did a good job.

... so did Thebe have to talk Baiken into it?

[solesuccess]

[ a snort. ]

Yeah. There was a back-up option if that didn't work, but luckily she agreed pretty easily once she was asked.

[verminous]

[laughing a little, there.]

I figured, but I had to ask, y'know? We were all surprised to see her there.

[solesuccess]

I was also surprised, admittedly, but I had to trust Thebe. She knew that if Baiken wasn't there the plan wouldn't work.

[verminous]

And she's definitely reliable, herself.

[our sweet thebe...]

[solesuccess]

Yeah...she and the others have all been working just as hard this week from what I can tell. I think we all owe them a lot.

[verminous]

I think we do, yeah. Especially with what they were all going through over the week.

[while he sat there knowing their surgeon would LEAVE HIMSELF FOR LAST.]

[solesuccess]

Did you know? About the wetware removal.

[verminous]

Yeah. Artemy told me about it-- said they were going to be working on getting rid of those. That they figured it might have something to do with why they all passed out, and everything else going on with them.

[solesuccess]

That was the assumption I was working off of, too. It seems like they're all in the recovery phase now at least. One less thing to worry about and one less way this ship can control them.