A deal's a deal ((for nevertrustcrows

[chiron_survivor]

After speaking with Lichtenstein in the Nexus, Adia visits the library on her ship, currently grounded on New Caprica but still used for its lab facilities. The books are saved for posterity, but almost never used since everything is available electronically.

She finds a copy of Aging at the Molecular Level, but then it's time to work, and that

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[nevertrustcrows]

After she left, Lichtenstein was quick to get home and organise things, impatient in dealing with his few patients, and eager to return to the Nexus. He had intended to get some sleep, but didn't get as much as planned, and it showed.

He was currently cradling a cold cup of coffee as he sat and waited. It took him a couple of moments to spot her, and then register that he'd spotted her. Once he realised, he all but jumped out of his seat, grabbing the satchel he'd brought with him, downing the remaining coffee and abandoning the paper cup.

"Adia!"

[chiron_survivor]

She quickly spots him -- hard to miss her name being called out in such an urgent tone -- and approaches him. "Hi, Martel." She smiles and holds out the book to him. No sense in making the poor man wait. "I hope it suits your needs. It's the most recent edition." The knowledge within is as advanced as cutting edge 21st century Earth research.

[nevertrustcrows]

As soon as the book comes into view, his eyes widen significantly. He slings his bag over his shoulder so he can take the book and run a hand along its cover. Flipping it over, he skim-reads the blurb, and then opens up the contents. A quick glance at it prompts a short, strangled, but happy noise that he can't help but make.

As much as he would like to dash home and lock himself into a room for a few days, a deal was made. Reluctantly, he closes the book, and puts it into his satchel. "Thank you, Adia, it will do nicely. And you want to contact someone who is dead, yes? I saw a nice, quiet spot coming in." Or rather, searched frantically for one. "Not inside, but out of the way, at least. Shall we?"

[chiron_survivor]

"I'm glad you like it." Adia's smile fades at his question, as if she forgot why she had gotten him the book in the first place. But it's too late, at least in her mind, to back out now, and as scary as this endeavor is, she really does want to speak to the dead. Or at least, one dead person in particular. "S-sure. Lead the way."