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[championoftime]

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[He turns on his audio, and there's a click. And he almost makes a post. Almost. But he can't think of what to say, so it goes away just as soon as it started.]

[Open Spam]

[And after that failure, he leaves his room to go the short distance back to the infirmary to check on people. He needs to make sure Jesse is recovering, and try not to think about what it is he did or didn't do. Or even what happened to his accent. He doesn't even know why that's one of the things he's having trouble coming back from. Or why his body suddenly feels even more like an uncertain fit.

Having something to do and someone to look out for will help.]

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[yeahscience]

[It hits close enough to the mark to hurt, enough that Jesse falls briefly silent and lets the Doctor finish, eyes wide and stormy with mixed, muddied emotions.]

What happened. With. What?

[championoftime]

[He eases up some, because he's seen that kind of hurt before. He's done it himself from time to time, when he needs someone to leave him.]

How you died. No one may be at fault, but you did experience it through someone else's eyes. And the wrong people around here won't hesitate to make you miserable over such things.

[yeahscience]

Jesus. [He sinks back and covers his eyes briefly, defeated.] It was nothing. Pirate... me... got into it with pirate Arthas and pirate Sarah, and she stabbed me.

[championoftime]

Ah. Narvin shot me once.

[And he wouldn't hesitate for a moment to call him on it again if he needed to, but Sarah was different.] I know Sarah. She might be upset about it [she's more tender than she'd have people believe], so I'll make sure she's doing well but not brandish the matter at her.

[yeahscience]

[He frowns up at the ceiling, like he doesn't want to look at the guy.] Yeah. I already talked to her, but she's probably beating herself up, all the same. I wanted to go after the guy who did this to her, so...