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[Tyrion's face appears on the screen, scarred and faintly bemused, as he peers at the feed, then shifts something off to the side. Some sort of computing device. He shifts it again, and the screen changes, narrows, with a small bit of scripts running along the top. He sighs, shakes his head a little.]

I need someone who has the communications augment. This ... this is not secure enough. It is secure, but not secure absolutely. Which is what we require.

[He grumbles, and goes back to fiddling with wires.]

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More than likely. Of course most of the things I am doing now will end up getting me hurt - so - perhaps I am not the best judge of how one should react when one is traumatized.

[He snorts softly.] No, no there is not.

What are you doing that's so dangerous? [Concerned.]

[He gestured to the encryption engine, with a faint smirk.]

I am fairly certain this is not working, and I am even more certain that it is going to backfire on me personally. However ... I have to try.

How would it backfire? Are you worried about the Atroma taking action against you?

Worried, no. Positive that they will? Absolutely.

[His mismatched eyes narrow and a thin, hard smile appears.]

To which I shall have to say - made you blink.

[It's the attitude that worries her more than the threat. She's not so sure the Atroma would attack them directly. Mess with the augment maybe. Distract someone with a coma or a week of being a child, but she doesn't expect that canon to get turned on the fleet directly. At worst, maybe they'd steer them into some well-produced trouble.]

Is that what you want? To get hurt?

No. Trust me, I do not want to get hurt.

[Far from it. However, it would be proof that what they were doing was starting to get to the Atroma. It would be a crack in the proverbial armor.]

However, I do want to test my limits.

[The mission comes first. It does. It always has. It's her training, but...]

I don't want to lose anyone else. [She knows she will. Of course she will. There are already so many people she misses beyond just Winn. She lost a lot of people over the years and over the last few weeks. And it could happen to Tyrion and anyone else any time it wants. But she still doesn't want it.]

[He looks up at her, before wrapping his arms a little more firmly around her and pressing his chin down into her stomach, giving her a lopsided smile.]

They won't take me away. Just ... muck about with my head. I can handle that. What I cannot handle is feeling utterly helpless against my captors.

I know. I know. [The helplessness is the most intolerable. She gets it. But the loss is pretty overwhelming too.] Just...do it well.

[A warm smile, before he leaned back to squeeze her tightly.]

Do I ever do it anyway else?

No, I don't suppose you do. Just don't get sloppy about it now.

[Her hand brushes through his hair.] What can I do for you with all of this?

I promise, I will not get sloppy. Not for a moment.

[He sighed, leaning into that touch.] I cannot afford to.

What are you worried about? I mean I know it's more than one thing but in order of importance?

The Atroma blowing us all up without any way for us to protect ourselves. Not being able to protect ourselves because they know all of our plans ahead of time.

Seems like good things to worry about. Very life and death. I don't think they'd blow us up when they have more efficient means of control, but it would probably be interesting for ratings if they did.

You're not alone in this. Whatever this is.

Do you think they would go up, or down? We are pretty popular, you know.

[A pause, before he gave her another tight embrace.] I know. Thank you.

I was pretty popular. I don't do anything but sit around sadly and miss Winn. They're probably getting tired of that. [She hugs back as best she can with the height difference.]

Well, you should take heed then. They'll probably try to make you do something interesting, soon enough.

[He leaned back and squeezed her own hands.] Now you promise me you shall be cautious.

Make up your mind, Tyrion. Do you want me interesting or cautious?

Kitty you know you are very capable of both.

I'm telling you it sounds like cross purposes. You think I'm going to do something reckless?

It has never been in your nature to be reckless. I just ask you to watch out for the Atroma.

Okay, well, if you think it's never been in my nature then I have some stories for you. But...I'll do my best. [She considered some pretty reckless things right after she discovered Winn gone, but fortunately she was grieving too much to act.] I don't think they can hurt me much more than they already have though.

... I have a feeling that who you were before and who you are now are two very different people. [He paused, quietly.] Yet I do know how desperation looks on people, and you have that gleam in your eye. I would miss you if you got yourself killed -- so please don't?

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