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Who: Wrath
Broadcast: Video broadcast to the fleet
Action: On the Iskaulit, near Wrath's mural, or later on the Windrose
When: May 30

[Wrath's just finished another part of her mural; it's visible behind her, the rolling fields and the starscape blending together somehow. For those her know her, she seems a bit more sober than normal, more thoughtful, pink hair and all. But this is something she's been thinking about for a while, as she's begun to unwind and consider things in a nominally safer environment.]

Hi everyone. This is lieutenant Wrath, of the Windrose. And...

I think there are a lot of people around like me. Soldiers and former soldiers, I mean. Active duty or discharged with honors or turfed out on medical, it doesn't matter. We were all soldiers and... we still are, maybe, because it's not something that just goes away with the uniform.

I think it would be good for us to talk some time. Just casual stuff. Maybe meet up on the Iskaulit for beer or coffee or hot chocolate for people who can't have alcohol or caffeine. [Like her.] Because... there are things about our lives that no one but us, but people like us, can really understand. And it's important to have someone who understands you, and what it's like to be in the shit, and what it's like to have your squad at your back.

Also, I just finished this phase of my mural, and I think next I want to do something that's for... us. Because we have people we should remember, and things we shouldn't forget. So I'm going to start working on the concept sketches for the next big panel, and I'd like to hear feedback and ideas from my fellow soldiers.

And everyone else, this doesn't mean that you're less special, or the rest of the mural is any less for you, or you're not allowed. I still care about all of you, too.

[But. It's not the same. She's not really sure how to put it, though, so she gives the camera a firm nod, and ends the video.]

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Hopefully it'll work out. I've never tried to do anything like this before. [She'd been too focused on her own recover, then.] Yeah, I think we've got more in common than we realize, probably.

I think so. If there's one good thing about this place, it's the people.

They mean well for the most part, and they've been way more supportive of things than I would've ever thought possible.

I'm... really glad to hear that. It's not like that in a lot of other places, but I guess you now that, huh.

I figure it might be a chance for some of us to feel safe. Safer. That doesn't happen much.

No, it doesn't. I wish what we had was more common, but then... we should enjoy every moment of it, right?

Yeah, I think so.

Though it's weird. Life's a lot easier when you don't have so much time to think, I guess.

I definitely know that. I wasn't exactly enlisted, but there was trouble every week back home and when you're forced to think on your feet... you've got less room to think about the long-term.

Yeah. When you're just surviving and you have the job to do, all of the less important stuff just doesn't matter.

But somehow that less important stuff is way more important than it originally looked, I guess.

Well, it wasn't immediately important to survival. I can't fault anyone for focusing on that, rather than say, working through your feelings right away.

I think the annoying part is that the feeling shit doesn't just go away on its own.

Unfortunately, and I can't always recommend the personnel here.

[He's certain that Atroma specifically grabs people who should never go into counseling.]

All the more reason this should happen, I think.

Yeah, I've noticed that. It's basically a big fucking joke.

So yeah. We gotta look out for ourselves. It'll happen.

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