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Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: If you want!
Action: July Planet!
When: The month of July!

[This is another planet mingle since the first one has nearly hit captcha! Feel free to continue threads or start brand new ones!]

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[outstandingbalance]

I won't say you're wrong about that.

[axiomed]

I doubt anyone would. But I can understand the hesitation.

[ A little rueful. ] He did fracture my ribs.

[outstandingbalance]

It could have been a lot worse than that.

[axiomed]

Easily. It helps that neither of us were at our best.

[outstandingbalance]

For values of help, I'm sure.

[A brief pause, then she adds:]

How're your ribs now?

[axiomed]

Oh, I recovered easily. It's been a few months since then and I had a very good doctor at hand, thankfully.

[outstandingbalance]

Glad to hear it. Cracked ribs can be a real inconvenience.

[axiomed]

[ He nods. ]

It helps that I don't need to move around as much as others.

[outstandingbalance]

Small favors, I suppose.

[axiomed]

Small favors is how we get by.

[outstandingbalance]

Sometimes, it's true.

[Her agreement is noncommittal, not a fact she disguises.]

So you don't hold it against him.

[axiomed]

[ He blinks, genuinely confused. ]

A few hurt ribs? Of course not. Why would I?

[outstandingbalance]

Some people would. Not a whole lot of people enjoy getting hurt.

[axiomed]

Neither do I, but as far as hurts go, I'm not going to blame him for this one.

[outstandingbalance]

You consider him your friend?

[axiomed]

[ Charles nods slowly. It's difficult to put into words. The deep mind melds he had done with Erik, Winter . . . it transcends things like "friends." ]

For my part, yes. I do.

[outstandingbalance]

That makes it sound like you're not sure he'd say the same.

[axiomed]

[ Charles snorts lightly. ]

You've met him, right? He has a hard time admitting that he can have friends, much less good things. It's a very common mindset.

That being said, I do believe I have his respect and appreciation.

[outstandingbalance]

We've run into one another a few times.

[Which is about as much as Natasha is inclined to volunteer unless he asks directly.]

I have an idea how he can be. He seems to be doing better here than the last couple times we saw each other.

[axiomed]

[ He nods. ]

Being away from one's world can offer new perspective . . . and peace.

[outstandingbalance]

Yeah. I suppose it can.

[She's not exactly in a hurry to admit an upside to alien abduction, but in a situation as extreme as Barnes's...]

Some people benefit from that.

[axiomed]

Many people do. Though, obviously, it's not preferable to being in our own worlds.

[outstandingbalance]

Some of us benefit more than others.

[axiomed]

You don't think you'll benefit from it?

[outstandingbalance]

I'm not the psychic here. [She plays her answer off as a joke, the delivery natural.] But I like to think I have pretty good perspective on things already.