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Who: Crew of the SS Windrose and visitors
Broadcast: Nope
Action: SS Windrose
When: March

[For the ship full of extremely kickass people. Go forth and mingle!]

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[Just Wrath is wonderful.]

I guess so. I just wish I knew more about all this. Miss Cordelia was teachin' me but it wasn't enough time.

Is magic hard to learn? Is it the kind of thing you can teach yourself? Or like... I know there are a lot of other people in the fleet that could teach combat and stuff I know. Magic is... probably way harder and more special, but maybe there are other people who know it around?

There are, but everybody's magic works differently, based on what world they're from. I've figured out some stuff on my own though!

Oh, that's really good! I'm glad you can figure stuff out. It might be slower but I bet you'll be good at it.

You really think so? I never was that good in school, you know, but Vision's teaching me about the scientific method. Which I guess maybe's weird to use for magic, but I think it does help.

There's a lot of ways to learn outside of school and... I dunno. I don't really remember school? But I've learned plenty since then, so I bet you'll learn even more. That's really cool, though. Let's you think about things differently, maybe?

[She nods.] Yeah, that's it exactly! I don't have a spellbook to tell me what to do, so the scientific method helps me discover them on my own. And Vision's not like my teachers in high school. He's... patient and kind.

He really is. We have such a good captain. I guess your teachers in school sucked?

[She nods.] I don't like to talk about them much though.

That's okay. You don't have to talk about stuff if you don't wanna.

Thanks. Maybe one day I'll get there but... I'd rather think about here than there.

Yeah, I get that. I think it's way nicer here than at home, too. I only really talk about the nice parts of Proles. I only mention the bad shit when I have to so that something I said will make sense.

Oh yeah, I know all about that. Some things I think are normal make me look right damn crazy to people here.

Me too. I've had to explain to lots of people about vat protein and uterine replicators and body modding. And it seems so normal to me.

I guess we're all weird to somebody.

[The rat-thing squeaks and nibbles on her hair, a reminder of what she was doing.]

Oh hey honey, don't worry, I got you.

[She catches the creature and cradles it in her hands.]

I better put him away before he causes any more trouble.

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