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Who: Wrath
Broadcast: Text to the fleet
Action: On the Heron
When: now!

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[Wrath's sleep hours aren't the most regular, though she has a definite routine that she keeps to. This is a break in that routine. Weird hour, still in her fluffy pink pajamas, she's sitting in the dining area with a cup of some godawful, bright pink concoction steaming in her hand. She also looks exhausted.

Not drinking it. Alternating between staring in the middle distance and sketching something on a small tablet.

Officer Snuggles is at her feet, and as much as a fox can look worried, he does.]

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hey everyone so

what does it mean when you can remember a dream i never remember my dreams but i kind of had one i did

are dreams always weird and bad

and waking up feeling like you've been screaming is normal right cause that happens a lot but i never remembered why til now

do you dream about places you've never been or seen or stuff like that how does it work

thank you for your answers

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[Natasha snorts at her description. Who would have thought she or Barnes would have happy things, least of all with each other?]

Winter and me, we're good. I don't know that we're always happy but we're... real good.

[Which is to say, yes. Yes, they're fucking.]

Good. I was worried about him. [This is very cheery news, in her estimation.] You've got your shit together. [Which is why she doesn't worry about you.

She twirls her stylus idly around her fingers.] Don't think you can be happy like one hundred percent of the time. It's probably bad for your brain and that's just another thing assholes like compliance fuck up. Good is way better.

We agree on that. [What a funny thing to have cheer someone up.]

You know, he's gotten a lot better. He's put a lot of work into himself... He should be proud of himself for how far he's come.

He really should. Being a person is hard. But he's getting pretty good at it. Like a lot better than... before I went away for a while. His skin fits him better.

[He's way better at it than her. It's not really in her nature to be jealous, so that means she just gets to be happy for him.]

Being a person is hard. [If Natasha fakes it better than some of the others, it doesn't mean she doesn't know just how hard it is.]

It's nice to feel human though.

I guess? [She's still not convinced she's gotten there, herself. But it's hard to know, when you're the person inside. You don't know how normal people feel.] I mean yeah. It must be. Sure better than the alternative.

[Ah, the alternative.]

Yeah, it is. At least while it lasts. All the more reason to enjoy it while it lasts?

You got that! The good stuff can disappear tomorrow, so you've got to make the most of it. [It's nice being around people who get that.]

Hopefully not, but... [Natasha knows the good thing will be gone eventually. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe in years. But eventually.

She leaves that unsaid.] I'm glad we have your approval, though. You've been a good friend to Barnes.

[She laughs, delighted.] I mean, my opinion doesn't really mean much, but thanks! Um. And that's really nice of you. I try. I might do okay sometimes.

It matter to him. [Her tone is light, giving a half shrug.] And it matters to me.

Edited 2017-09-09 00:18 (UTC)

[Well, what can you say to that? You can't tell someone they're wrong feeling like that, even if you have no idea why they do. Wrath decides that smiling is the best option, so she does.] Well, I'm glad I could help, then!