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[You might have seen this guy skulking around the ship both looking like he knows exactly what he’s doing and a lot like he shouldn’t be doing it. Truthfully, he’s not done anything yet that would warrant a spell in the brig, but there’s little hope of that staying the case.

What he has seen is a bunch of people walking around without any idea of how much danger they’re in at any given moment and that’s a problem for Dean. He’s spent his entire adult life working to save people from freaky ass crap that goes bump in the night. Here isn’t any different.]

Any of you get the impression we should be keeping our eyes very freakin’ open 24/7?

I dunno about you, but I know that getting pulled onto a spaceship with no explanation and shoved in a tank of goo is pretty high up my list of pros for constant vigilance. Nobody else is taking responsibility for all the people walkin’ around without a goddamn clue of how to defend themselves. Maybe we should, ‘cause if we got a snowball’s chance of getting off this ship in one piece... time to start payin’ attention.

Interested? Qualified? Talk to me.

[Yeah, he’s aware that there’s a security team already ‘in operation’ around the ship. He just hasn’t seen them do a damn thing yet. And since he knows none of their history, he’s not apologizing for assuming they aren’t capable. Sorry, guys. He is, however, open to introductions and definitely wants to be proved wrong. Maybe then he can start to shake this feeling he’s got of being watched.]

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[there's a bit of silence before he actually opens his mouth to speak again.]

So you're going to ally yourself with complete strangers when you don't know where they've come from, or what their motivation is for trusting you in the first place. [another pause, and the slight raising of an eyebrow.] Interesting.

Who says anyone is innocent around here?

Ally's a strong word. [And definitely not something that Dean intends to get involved in lightly. He's got plenty of trust issues to ensure that much.]

Least I can vet 'em first. I got a couple methods of smellin' out the wrong kinda 'ally'.

[shrug.] It's the only word I can think that fits your situation. But at the very least, I hope you find what you're looking for. It seems like people worth trusting tend to be few and far between.

[not that he knows from personal experience. But he does have a friend back home that seems to have a couple of trust issues, himself.]

[Trust issues what are they even...]

Few and far between's optimistic. Problem comes when your ass gets hauled into space from Earth like that's just a goddamn thing that happens now. [...this might actually be turning into a half-civilized conversation. Congratulations.]

[north is sure he does not know ..

but he does raise his eyebrows just a bit at that.]

I guess that would be pretty strange if you're not accustomed to being off-world. [so he's used to spending the time when he's not on a mission on a frigate that can fire lasers from above the earth's atmosphere. that's not weird for you, is it dean?] Everybody seems to have their own theories on why we've been brought here .. got one yet?

[half-civilized is a good start. he'll take it.]