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Who: Kara & Friends (and future friends)
Broadcast: video / fleetwide
Action: The Tourist, kitchen or Kara's room
When: now!

[ In her broadcast, Kara is in her PJs, hair down and glasses off. She looks like she just woke up not too long ago and the overall vibe is very "confessional vlog". She doesn't seem distressed, just a little confused, and tired—though her eternal optimism is always there somewhere. ]

Hey, so, question: On a scale from "wow that's super weird we've never heard of something like that" to "it must be a Wednesday on the Fleet", how common is it to just like, get a bunch of "new" information from home? Which, now that I think about it, is kind of a dumb thing to ask because we have implants that give us job skills training. But I'm just wondering. Uh, in the abstract? Something like that.

Anyway, I'm going to go get some coffee and food because I'm starving. Who knew that sleeping was such hard work?

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That's just friend stuff though.

It is, but you're his hero.

Thanks.

No, thank you. It would be weird to be his girlfriend and his hero.

[ before she can stop herself ]

Tell me about it.

Part of why you passed?

Kitty, is that the conversation you want to have?

I didn't know it was a whole conversation.

"So why'd you pass on my boyfriend" is kind of a loaded question?

[ she's not hostile just... talking her way through it ]

Anyway, I love Winn—as a friend. Attraction is complicated. We all know that. But I'm already an alien, you know? It's— a lot to take on.

It's not like it wasn't a happy ending for me. [You know, maybe. They need to talk after this.] Just, you know, complicated in the not wanting to see either of my friends hurt kind of way.

I know I already said this, and the context was weird, and basically today has been super weird, but you guys are really good for each other.

I think he's good for me. [Her way of saying she isn't so sure how good she is for him.]

[ kara elbows her lightly in jest ]

Come on.

I'm not saying your nemesis would be better than me. I just think there's probably a lot of other possibilities beyond the two of us.

Yeah, but we're here. I could spend the entire time moping about the fact that James isn't here, but it probably wouldn't help anyone.

That's not what... [She trails off.] Did things happen with you and James in the new memories?

Nothing... much?

He broke up with his girlfriend? And Ms. Grant said he was jealous when Barry was around...

Barry? [Curious look.]

Oh, just a new friend. Definitely not someone James should be worried about. He was just in town for a bit.

So...

What about Hank? [Where does this leave him? In the same place she is afraid of being with Winn?]

Hank and I are still just friends?

But what I was getting at was that I could sit here pining for James or I could live my life and enjoy myself while I can.

I'm not pining for anyone. [Even Reid which has been...surprising? She's even a little surprised by the truth of the statement when she makes it.] If you're trying to draw a comparison to me feeling like I may not be good for Winn and you not pining of James I'm not seeing it.

The point was to just enjoy the time we have here, Kitty.

I'm doing my best. [She doesn't know how to relax. Not really. Not fully. She has good moments like the dance though. Did she still think about how vulnerable they all were being inside without air masks within arm's length? Yes. Did she insist on keeping it with her or not going? No.]

I know you are.