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[mustloverex]

[ Abby's kept clear of the network despite having been on Tranquility for a month - partly because being social on a death ship wasn't her first priority, partly because most of her questions could be easily answered by Connor.

But if there's anything that can make her come out of her shell, it's animals. Animals and dinosaurs, which apparently exist here (at least the one does). The feed opens on her face, but the gardens are easily visible behind her. ]

This is Abby Maitland with the theoretical zoology department. [ She sounds only mildly aggrieved, mostly friendly. ]

Is there an official system for tracking the animals loose in the gardens? The ecosystem has managed fine thus far, but we might want to be more careful about interfering with it unchecked. I'm not even sure what some of these animals are eating. [ Hello, Myfanwy. ]

Enclosures might not be a bad idea either. I hate to lock anything up, but it would be in everyone's best interest if we can easily find them during emergencies - theirs included.

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[handelaar]

Then find 'em at the jump. Once they're here -

[He jerks his thumb out to the rest of the Gardens.]

- hard t'do much. The place is real damn big.

[Even "real damn big" is. Well. An understatement. An understatement of epic proportions. The Gardens are as big as four football stadiums stacked on top of one another, and there is no way he's going to try to track down one animal in all of that when he has the rest of the ship to feed.

A sigh.]

Unless you got another way to find 'em, here.

[mustloverex]

I'm sure we can develop trackers - microchips. I know someone in the science department who might be willing.

We'd have to leave it optional for animals with owners, but it would be a good start. Easy to locate them if necessary, wouldn't require us restricting them to small zones.

[handelaar]

Mm. Sounds good t'me. Just keep me updated.

[Yep he has now decided that this is Her New Job.]

[mustloverex]

[ She gives him a slightly bemused smile, because - yeah, he's even worse than her old boss. And that's saying something. ]

Right. I'll be sure to do that. But for now I think it's time I head back, so - it was a pleasure to meet you, Netherlands.

[ Which, by the way, weird name man. ]

ffff late sorry about that

[handelaar]

[That goes right over his head.]

Sure.

[He only says it because he knows it's the polite thing - but he holds his hand out to shake because this is a business deal and so far he likes how she does business. Not that he won't end it on a caveat:]

If y'don't, I'll ask around.

[So do your job, he means. And he'll check up on it.]