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[ichoosefight]

[ Late as it is, Steph doesn't mind the company. ]

I'd probably like you if you gave me the chance.

[cactusy]

I bet you wouldn't.

[She draws out that last word, almost sing-songing it.]

[ichoosefight]

Who knows? Stranger things have happened.

[cactusy]

I'm not really doing friends these days.

[ichoosefight]

That's the thing about friends. You don't really have to.

It's not a terrible idea, you know. Meeting up, I mean, not being friends. I'm sure you know already I'm headed east.

[cactusy]

Working together, communicating, and being on the same page is a good idea. We don't all need to be in the same place for that.

[ichoosefight]

No. But it's much easier for a group to survive in the wild than a single person.

[cactusy]

-- Any of you guys good with field medicine?

[ichoosefight]

Aside from me? I dunno.

[cactusy]

In an environment like this, when it comes to stuff I'd have to be there in person for, medical skills are basically the biggest thing I have to offer. And I'm used to working with actual medical supplies. If you're as good or better suited to patching people up with vines and mud than I am, then I'm redundant. My time's better spent working to break us out of here.

[ichoosefight]

Definitely not gonna use mud, but fair point. Just don't forget that all that boring survival stuff helps you function. I recommend not dying 7,000 times, to keep the brain fresh and... mostly in one piece.

[cactusy]

Don't knock mud. Keep it away from open wounds, yeah, but you can use it to cool a fever in a pinch.

[ichoosefight]

I think I sort of knew that. I have proper training, but it... ended unexpectedly.

[ When she was fired. And then murdered. ]

[cactusy]

Fired?

[ichoosefight]

It- well, something--

[ ... ]

No, yeah, that's exactly what happened.

[cactusy]

Huh. Same.

Poor social skills? Too reckless?

[ichoosefight]

[ Oh my god, stop hitting the nail right on the head. ]

Okay, no, it was not my social skills, and I wasn't really reckless exactly, I just-- He was-- We made this deal, is the thing, and--

It's complicated, okay? He didn't want me around in the first place, he just jumped on the first chance to run me out.

[cactusy]

You made a deal to what?

[ichoosefight]

To... follow orders, mostly.

[ No questions, no secrets, no excuses. A deal to be 'Robin', not Batman's partner. ]

I learned a lot but the whole thing was messed up from the start.

[cactusy]

... Huh.

If this is fake and you only exist to mess with me, I think they're giving us common backstory elements on purpose.

[ichoosefight]

Listen.

[ Her tone gets serious now, if also tired and a little sad. ]

I get that you can't just flip a switch and wholeheartedly believe in magic or whatever. But can you at least appreciate that it's real for me?

There will be other people too. There are times when you just... don't dismiss someone's life.

[cactusy]

-- Yeah. Okay.

[ichoosefight]

Thank you.

[ ... ]

I'm sorry you got fired. If it sucked for you as much as it did for me.

[cactusy]

I was pissed off at the time. It's, uh-- been a while, though. Had a lot of different jobs since. Including taking orders and not asking questions.

Can't really picture you even trying to do that.

[ichoosefight]

It mattered a lot to me. More than it should have.

But yeah, I'm not really about that kind of one-sided partnership anymore.