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[suddenlycaptain]

[ There are a lot of reasons to post something like this. Carolyn is ignoring the ones that are more personal to her, but she makes it text to prevent anything from leaking through. ]

If you were to leave the ship right now, permanently -- whether it was on a shuttle, to a station or new ship, or a planet -- what is one thing you would try to bring with you?

Other than people.

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voice;

[20mentholkools]

Making plans?

[Because that's easier than asking what's bothering you.]

voice;

[suddenlycaptain]

Just curious.

[ She's not making any plans that are set in stone, anyway. ]

voice;

[20mentholkools]

[He doesn't believe that for a second.]

You know what answers you're gonna get.

voice;

[suddenlycaptain]

It's not the answers.

[ It's the people giving them. ]

voice;

[20mentholkools]

Then you don't need to be asking.

voice;

[suddenlycaptain]

It's too quiet.

voice;

[20mentholkools]

[There's a pause. It's not something Riddick really considers. Even with all his time here, in the shuttle bay, he's had new experiences of solitude laid over the top.]

You got used to the noise.

voice;

[suddenlycaptain]

I guess I did.

[ She slides her thumb over her knife. ]

That can't have been the end of it, with Engineering. When does the other shoe drop?

voice;

[20mentholkools]

They wanted us to fix the problem. It got fixed.

[Except Charlotte's still alive; treating the symptom, not the cause.]

voice;

[suddenlycaptain]

No, it didn't.

voice;

[20mentholkools]

Guess that depends on whether you think you should be going along with what they say.

voice;

[suddenlycaptain]

I don't think we should. Doesn't mean they think it's fixed.

Like I said. It's too quiet.

voice;

[20mentholkools]

Better keep listening, then.