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[circumitus]

[Rey is looking significantly different now than most have seen her prior to the jump. For one, her hair is much shorter, almost pixie-ish, but not so much as cut as it has been growing back. While she has an array of new scars, the most notable one right now would be a nasty-looking horizontal gash across her throat that resembles a knife blade.

[Other than that, she looks no more worse for wear than her last public appearance. But she's not really here to talk about her harsher mien.]

"Other people saw it, right? Outside of the pods at the jump?

"Seems that it's been watching us for a long time."

[She looks away briefly, biting the inside of her cheek, and then back to the screen.]

"Whatever is happening to us, this connection we share... Perhaps it's supposed to help us fight it. Not sure how yet, but if it wants us alone and it can't control us to the point where we have it scared, it'd be nice to think that we've been given more of a fighting chance than the old crew ever had." [Hey, she's at least trying to be optimistic here.] "So maybe we should be learning how to control our link, rather than resist it."

['The clock has stopped.' 'It means the path planned for you is gone now.']

[Taking a deep breath, her eyes close. When they reopen, her expression changes. Even her voice is different when she speaks; suddenly hardened by fortitude.]

"Don't know about you, but I say fuck it. I plan on taking my own path."

Comments

[video]

[tongueamok]

And this 'connection' business that everyone's talking about wasn't present that time, I suppose.

[video]

[circumitus]

It was. And back then, the only way to break the connection between you and the other person was to maintain physical contact for a few hours.

[video]

[tongueamok]

And how do we break it this time?

[video]

[circumitus]

Don't think we should try to. That's why we should probably focus more on trying to hone on this connection rather than fight it.

[video]

[tongueamok]

The question is how we go about doing that, and if we're willing to do it. I don't know about you, but there are some things I'd rather not share.

[video]

[circumitus]

That makes two of us.

[Rather, there are memories she'd rather not disturb other people with. Some of her baggage would probably involve much needed therapy afterwards, ugh.]

Don't really have an exact science down yet, but it seems to get easier the more you try working on it, so perhaps coordinated efforts will help.

[video]

[tongueamok]

Coordinated efforts require people you wouldn't mind working with. I'm not sure I have many of those here.

[Or anywhere.]

[video]

[circumitus]

[Sigh.

[She rubs her forehead.]

If it works, it may be possible to pass the knowledge of how to control this better on to someone else through this link. Would you be more comfortable with that?

[video]

[tongueamok]

If it's either that or be left to our own devices when it comes to fending off the thing from the pods, then yes.

[video]

[circumitus]

Good.

Am already making some headway with being able to control what information can be shared, so. May be able to help you.