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[The video is fumbled on as Tyrion Lannister is staring out the front of the First Breath, abject horror touching his face.]

By the Seven ... by the fucking Seven! What is that - what is that -

[He looks at his video, fumbling with it, to point it towards the Marvisa.]

There's some sort of .... terrifyingly large gun coming out of the ship and it's - Ah.

AH SHIT!

[He slapped on the communicator, flipping the ship to the encrypted frequency.]

This is a warning! Repeat, this is a warning! You are in grave danger! You must leave immediately - I repeat! Grave danger! The giant gun is pointed Right At You and you have to get out of there NOW -

[The gun goes off with a giant flicker of light into the nothing, and Tyrion sucks in a harsh breath.]

... oh no.

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To make us believe it's real? I don't know. Maybe it's a stretch. [Maybe she is too used to being fucked with by mysterious overlords that she doesn't know what it looks like when things are being played straight.]

I know who isn't in charge and that's us.

That is true, we are not in charge.

[He is quiet for a long moment, and she can almost hear the thoughtful scratch of fingers moving through beard.]

So. Here are our options. This was a massive 'Hah hah you thought you were getting anywhere with your conspiracies' from the Atroma.

Or, the Atroma themselves are trying to protect us from outside forces because they are, in fact on our side.

Or ... this is all real. This is all really happening. And if it is all really happening - someone has betrayed us.

[The first option is so easy for her to believe, but the least helpful, so she focuses on the the last one.]

If it is real, then it wouldn't have to be betrayal, would it? Just someone being sloppy or the Atroma finding a way to hack in. [Because what they really need is more options, right?]

[Well there is a more positive outlook, and a more reasonable one at that.]

Now here is a question for you - after all our caution, is it possible that we alerted them to our presence, and they have, in fact, been tracking us ever since?

There were a lot of people involved. Different levels of training and experience. I think it's possible.

Yes, and in all likelihood possible.

Which means we have to up our defensive game before we try our offensive one, as I have heard it parlayed.

Hard to disagree there. It would be a lot of people to corral. We all have our reasons of wanting this and probably a few who don't.

So ... we need to find better decryption software. Better jammers, the whole ball of proverbial wax. Start keeping an eye out for better equipment.

[She nods.] I'm going to be switching my augment to engineering. [Communications might be more effective for this, but she has her own reasons for engineering and they are more of a priority than this.] That should help some.

[He paused, giving his device a curious look.] Engineering? Why? [That made no sense for her - well. She was a genius. Maybe she just wanted to stretch out her experience to something different?

[Genius or no you can only go so far if Atroma technology is involved unless you have the right augment and "pilot" is not the right augment for what she wants to do.]

I want to continue Winn's work. His project. [He always had a thousand projects but the one to get them back to National City was the one that mattered most to him.]

[That he knew Winn well enough was him sucking in a breath.]

The ... device. To get us all to his world?

That's the one.

[A slow exhale, before Tyrion stated quietly.]

If you need help with this, you only need to ask.

You know everyone who was working on it just disappeared, right? Winn, Cisco, Hank? If you're good with that then I'm asking. [She's not saying it was on purpose or because of the research, but she knows Winn would think it if he was here.]

Someone has to finish what they started. Let it be two people who know how their minds work. [Is Tyrion's firm answer.]

Couldn't have said it better. We can start working before I get my new augment. Pavel too. I haven't asked, but he'll be in. Have you met?

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