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[detectivewonder]

Who: Tim Drake and you!
Broadcast: Fleet-wide.
Action: Aboard the First Breath.
When: Shortly after the shuffle.

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So, when I have missing crew, that just means... what? Their ratings were terrible so they got dropped? It can't be that easy, or people would sabotage their own ratings to get sent home.

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[mysunnydisposition]

When I first got here... the way Cass acted, I kind of figured I was dead. That made sense. But now...

[ She purses her lips, and looks up a little, but she can't meet his eyes. ]

I don't know. I feel like maybe I shouldn't. Like it's cheating or something. Or maybe I just don't want to know how badly I screwed things up. [ How much damage she did, how many people died. The mess the rest of them had to clean up when it was all over. Her fault. ]

[detectivewonder]

I won't tell you if you don't want to know. But... when I come from, when you're speaking to me, anyway, we still work together. You've done way more than enough to earn my respect. And his.

[mysunnydisposition]

But I haven't yet. Whatever happened that you remember... that wasn't me. Not really.

[detectivewonder]

You've still got that potential. And you've still got my respect. I just... I'm sorry it took me so long to see it, Steph. You earned it a long time ago.

[mysunnydisposition]

[ Now she looks up to meet his face, lips pulled into a wry smirk. ] 'Bout time you figured that out...

Thank you.

[detectivewonder]

[He holds out a hand to her.]

Partners?

[mysunnydisposition]

[ She takes it, without hesitation. ]

Of course.

[detectivewonder]

Good.

So. Now we figure out what's next.