27 -- ceci n'est pas une POST

[captaincy]

[ Somewhere, not too deeply into the forest, Captain Jack Harkness has set up snowmen targets and roped in a few zombies and is practicing his dodging, aiming, fighting and disarming. The gun he's using is empty, the zombies keep wandering off, and the entire thing seems difficult and somewhat pointless without a partner. Eventually, he takes a

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[iscrewtothink]

[watching from a distance. I'm not that conspicuous, right?]

[captaincy]

[ ttly not. :| but obviously someone is pinging someone here, because without turning around, Jack tenses... ]

Stein.

[iscrewtothink]

[never thought you would develop a ping]

Captain.

[captaincy]

It's been a while. How's your health?

[iscrewtothink]

Both doing better since being revived.

[captaincy]

Glad to hear it.

[iscrewtothink]

... you shouldn't have hesitated, you know.

[captaincy]

I shouldn't have left you for dead.

[iscrewtothink]

I was dead.

[captaincy]

I know. I- [ am practically physically incapable of apologizing? apparently. ]

[iscrewtothink]

I'd just taken a literal stab at your back. I see no reason why you would have stayed to take another one when I woke.

[captaincy]

You know, you're being infuriatingly Zen about this.

[iscrewtothink]

I have spent a good bit of my time secluded and working through everything, you know.

[captaincy]

And what kind of conclusions have you come to?

[iscrewtothink]

That I won't be able to maintain my hold on sanity forever in this place.

[captaincy]

Then we need to find a solution.