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[ Any perceptive space folk will recognize the background of the MedBay at once. Any familiar with Elizabeth might be relieved to see the brunette awake after being mauled by a large, invisible, wolfish creature. The girl's long hair is down, unlike her usual, tidy ponytail, and a few flecks of blood marr her otherwise pale skin.

And, strangely, she looks pissed. ]

Ugh. In case others aren't aware, some kind of invisible animal is prowling the halls. It almost took a few organs...

[ She huffs shortly, as if just annoyed with the Hellhound, rather than terrified at her brush with death. Elizabeth places a hand on her bandages briefly, testing the wound. ]

I really need to get back to my room, but I'm fairly certain that there is still some invisible shit out there. If someone could escort me, I'd be glad for it, and it won't go forgotten.

[ There's a smile, but it isn't the bright sort of look she usually offers; instead, it's almost sultry, a little smirk amidst an expectant expression.

Until she winces, suddenly, and looks sour again. ]

Jesus. And I need a drink.

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Of course! In the United States. "One if by land, two if by sea..."

[ Don't fault her for only mostly knowing old history about the place. They don't really talk about the Sodom Below in Columbia, at least, without disdain and fear. ]

[Murphy is... genuinely surprised!]

That's the one, yeah. Sorry, just... wasn't sure an America even existed in your world with a sky city.

It does. Columbia was created by a man who thought America--and the world, really--a sinful, begotten place. It was meant to be the "new Eden."

[ It wasn't, he'll be able to gather from her tone. ]

[Murphy scoffs.]

He's not entirely wrong... But I'm guessin' that a guy who thinks he can come up with a "new Eden" isn't gonna be much better.

He wasn't.

[ "Isn't," really, as he's still alive, but... well. He isn't on the ship with them, at least. ]

Columbia was not the paradise that he intended.

[In which Murphy is the opposite of surprised, if locking girls up in towers is any indicator that Columbia sucks.]

Figures. Not everybody's idea of "paradise" is gonna be the same.

This one was particularly horrible, I can promise.

[ She isn't even thinking of her own experience, but of those who lived in Shantytown, the poor workers of Finkton, the starving children and oppressed minorities who had done nothing wrong. ]

... I really should go. I do want to find that drink.

...Right. Okay.

[Pause.]

If you ever need to talk, or... somethin', I'll, uh. Well, you know my number.

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