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Who: The crew of the Pathstone and possibly, you????
Broadcast: Maybe????
Action: The good ship Pathstone
When: First wave augment hyjinks.

[All aboard the Pathstone, where they really don't need their augments to make them any more screwed up than they are, but there you go.]

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[ Oh my god. Is that.......the weird kid.........is she out of her room? Acting normal? Just hanging out in the dining room with a book and some weird protein?????? What is going on here. ]

[that is strange!

...but, the oddness doesn't seem to be bothering Tek in the least. in fact, he's simply delighted. also searching for a snack, he wanders in and finds her sitting there and looking pleasant... and he just gives her a big, warm smile.]

Well, now... look who it is.

Is it really that surprising? You've always been good at finding me.

Yes, but normally I have to look.

But here you are now, out here and enjoying the space on your own.

It's nice to see.

I thought I could do with a change of scenery.

You can sit, if you'd like.

Oh... well, thank you.

[so delighted by this, he postpones digging up a meal so he can sit and have a chat instead.]

You must get lonely, spending all that time hidden away. Why don't you come out more often?

[ Shrugs lightly. ]

I'm not used to spending a lot of time with others, so it's easier to stay in there.

[ Wow, he's even holding off on eating for this...how nice. ]

[yes he is. look what a good crewmate he is.]

But it must get boring. You can't live like that and really be happy, can you?

Maybe not.

[ Her smile is a bit sheepish. ]

See... that's the spirit.

[ugh, his smile is so genuine, it's gross.]

Knowing doesn't always make it easier, though.

How so?

Even if I know it's not going to make me happy, it doesn't mean it's easy to do things differently.

Well, this is a good first step.

Practice makes perfect... or however that saying goes.

I'd like to think it's true.

It is if you put your mind to it.

You can have anything you want, if you try hard enough.

[exactly the kind of advice that a well-meaning egomaniac would give.]

Maybe you're right.

Oh, I usually am.

[augment glitch or not, he's sure about this fact no matter what.]

Are you, now?

[ Her shoulders lift in an almost-embarrassed sort of shrug. ]

I thought I should spend some time out of my room.

A fine idea. You must get restless from time to time.

Sometimes, a little. But I always keep busy.

I just...wanted to come out today.

Well, I am glad to see you. [Peering at her book] What are you reading, if I may ask?

It's about the history of the society on one of the moons.

It's actually pretty interesting.

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