(08) voice

[onsilksheets]

Tell me something interesting about you or your world, Tranquility.

[She's bored and needs entertainment.]

And I mean interesting by the way.

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audio.

[helpmeguideit]

Am I? Nothing to really hold back on, Bela.

[ He sounds amused, too, really. ]

I have seen better days. How are you, darling?

audio.

[onsilksheets]

I'm not too bad. No real complaints.

[Definitely a good thing in her book.]

Why, what's wrong? What happened to you?

audio.

[helpmeguideit]

That's good to hear.

I went home briefly during the last jump.

audio.

[onsilksheets]

Bad trip home?

[Rather than tip toeing around it Bela just asks.]

audio.

[helpmeguideit]

It could have been much better.

audio.

[onsilksheets]

Are you worse off there than here?

audio.

[helpmeguideit]

No, definitely not worse off there than here.

I think I told you about the future I knew would happen, once.

audio.

[onsilksheets]

You may have told me but please refresh my memory in case I get it wrong.

audio.

[helpmeguideit]

Well - the results were the same. In my wheelchair as I had been told I would be.

audio.

[onsilksheets]

For what it's worth, I'm sorry, Charles. I know you knew what was going to happen but even so. I can't imagine what it would be like to go through something like that.

audio.

[helpmeguideit]

It's a change. It's almost as though I don't know what to do with myself sometimes, but other than that - I am the same Charles.

audio.

[onsilksheets]

It's important to remember who you are no matter what happens. I just hope that you have the support you need back home.

audio.

[helpmeguideit]

My students are fabulous, Bela. More than I could ever expect or hope for. It could have been much worse, as you can imagine.

There's worse places one could be, other than this.

audio.

[onsilksheets]

I'd challenge that assumption a little, Charles. This place can get quite bad at times as I'm sure you're aware.

At least you've got that support waiting for you back home.

audio.

[helpmeguideit]

Even knowing how bad it can be -- I still understand there are worse. You have to believe there is always worse.

And better. Much better. It can always be better.

audio.

[onsilksheets]

You could be dead. That's arguably worse.

Better is a good thing to aim for. Maybe we can do that here.

audio.

[helpmeguideit]

Dead may or may not be worse, we don't really know until we die.

Here - though, I don't know that better is attainable. A little predictability would be nice.

audio.

[onsilksheets]

Some people have built a life on board this ship because they don't have much of one back home.

I could definitely go for predictable, yeah. That would help.

audio.

[helpmeguideit]

There's only so much here, and building a life seems to ask for being sent back home.

audio.

[onsilksheets]

I understand that of course. Perhaps I'm just being biased in this case because of my own experience.

audio.

[helpmeguideit]

I'm sorry, Bela.

audio.

[onsilksheets]

Don't be. I'm fine.

audio.

[helpmeguideit]

Still - to know that if you go back...

audio.

[onsilksheets]

That's a very big if. I don't know what will happen.

audio.

[helpmeguideit]

It's possible. People leave.