23: back lol

[fetchthestick]

[When Thom comes back, he's asleep in the sand. But he wakes up quickly!]

Mn... ngzl....

Wh - Batou??

Where -

WOAH.

[Oh my god he's on land

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[electronichound]

I have your collar, Thom.

[fetchthestick]

Ooooh! I -

[MANNERS, THOM.]

Um -

M-may I have it please?

[electronichound]

Yes. You may. Come here. I'm on the beach, near the hotel.

[fetchthestick]

YEAH!!!

[Thom is gone from... wherever the hell he was at the time he got this message, racing off towards the hotel-side beach in a flurry of sand.]

[thepartydude]

... Thom?

[fetchthestick]

... Mikey! Hi Mikey!

I think... I'm back? I think. Iiiii don't remember!

[As far as he knows he was just in Batou's arms on Deck 1. So dying is just like suddenly being somewhere else, right?]

[thepartydude]

Thom where are you? Are you okay?

[fetchthestick]

Yeaaaah I think so...?

[Thom scratches behind his ear. He doesn't have the best body awareness, but he doesn't THINK anything hurts. Thom isn't even sure why he wouldn't be okay. It didn't hurt.]

Um. There's sand everywheres.

[electroniccrane]

Hello, Thom.

[It's important to let him know she's not angry with him. Section 9 is basically a wolf pack, so a lot of the interactions are similar.]

[fetchthestick]

[Oh good, the alpha!]

Hi Major.

Um... is your arm better?

[electroniccrane]

No, it'll have to wait until the ship's mechanic has time to repair it.

[Price of having a robot body. It doesn't bother her.]

[fetchthestick]

Oh.

[This may take a moment to translate into Thom-speak.]

Are... you okay?

[He did something wrong. He was punished. So it's better now. But if she's still hurt it's not really all better. Unless she says it is.

Thom won't know what to DO if being punished didn't make it better.]