I don't really know! I'm not even sure what "help" would mean... [pause] So, I'm definitely not the expert on that! You already have a better idea of it after months than I had in centuries...
[that... is alarming to learn, although it shouldn't be such a surprise. shouldn't she -- but of course not. she's the Captain's construct, so how would she know more than him? but it does vindicate his methodology, and he does enjoy being a trailblazer...
he definitely did stop pacing there while he processed all that]
I don't even know what I mean when I say it. That's probably the problem. [word-vomiting that particularly sensitive information to the Captain's construct is still out, but there is one thing they can focus on:]
Right now, I suppose helping him means going to an island to steal something for him. How much do you know about that?
I don't really have to tell him much about anything, because he doesn't like listening to me talk! He's usually not paying much attention to anybody, but this is the only place you can be really sure...
[the fact that he hesitates for as long has he does probably answers her question, but after a long moment...]
...Yes. I mean -- not really. Not exactly. There was a movie, and a game, and [shut up don't want to talk about it] I think I may have... embarrassed him? Or upset him? I couldn't tell. [SHRUG] He turned into a shadow and hid under the couch. I have no idea what that means.
[immediately trying to defend himself like he's about to get scolded]
I didn't do anything. It wasn't like I was being mean to him. I was [f l i r t i n g] playing nice with our mad captor, and that was... fine, until it wasn't. He didn't have trouble with it the previous night, so how was I supposed to know!
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I don't really know! I'm not even sure what "help" would mean... [pause] So, I'm definitely not the expert on that! You already have a better idea of it after months than I had in centuries...
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he definitely did stop pacing there while he processed all that]
I don't even know what I mean when I say it. That's probably the problem. [word-vomiting that particularly sensitive information to the Captain's construct is still out, but there is one thing they can focus on:]
Right now, I suppose helping him means going to an island to steal something for him. How much do you know about that?
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[so. y'know.]
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But unlike him, you care about the passengers, and they're the ones I'm most worried about. Will he use whatever item I'm getting to harm them?
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All that is gold does not glitter.
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Is that a riddle forced by rules you're under, or is it a personal choice?
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How much of this conversation is going to make its way back to the Captain, by the way? Palamedes implied there was some modicum of privacy here.
[he doesn't mind if their conversation this far makes it back to the Captain, but.....]
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...Did he talk to you about what happened on the bridge?
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[this is curiosity, not concern. obviously.]
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[INCREDIBLY LONG PAUSE]
... Did something else happen? [vibrating]
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...Yes. I mean -- not really. Not exactly. There was a movie, and a game, and [shut up don't want to talk about it] I think I may have... embarrassed him? Or upset him? I couldn't tell. [SHRUG] He turned into a shadow and hid under the couch. I have no idea what that means.
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she just kind of, places her hand over where her heart would be. still. silence.]
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I didn't do anything. It wasn't like I was being mean to him. I was [f l i r t i n g] playing nice with our mad captor, and that was... fine, until it wasn't. He didn't have trouble with it the previous night, so how was I supposed to know!
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processing.
processing...
failing to process entirely...]
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Please don't break down. I cannot be responsible for another person malfunctioning because of me. [is he cursed? is that what's going on??]
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[INCREDIBLY LONG EXHALE. does she even breathe.]
Gosh!
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