[154] Where's Billy and his D&D when you need it... // Voice.

[stopthat_destro]

I really hate to say this after such an exciting port, but I'm... bored. Call it a side-effect of having no projects to fill my time. Or an inevitable response to a return to the status quo.

[Pause.]

So. In the spirit of change and self discovery and whatever else the Admiral is trying to push, I'm thinking about opening myself up to new

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[dark_surgeonx]

[How...wonderfully convenient.]

What has happened to his hand? It didn't appear to be injured when I was tending to his knife wound.

[Private]

I actually need to speak with you on a separate matter, if you don't mind.

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[stopthat_destro]

I don't know; I haven't had a chance to look at it, myself. My best guess is that he introduced it to something he shouldn't have. [Such as a wall.]

[Private]
Oh? I'm all ears.

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[dark_surgeonx]

I'll see what I can do for him.

[Private]
I was told this may be a sore topic, and I apologize in advance if it is, but I was told that your knowledge and skill with nanotechnology is the highest of anyone's on the Barge.

Is this true?

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[stopthat_destro]

I can do it.

[Private]
It isn't a sore topic at all. [REX LOVES TO BRAG.] Why do you wish to know?

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[thegooddrjones]

Rex, you know we wouldn't do that. Someone would have gone down to see him if we'd known.

I'm guessing that you'd like to go down and treat him? Would Frances be alright with that?

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[stopthat_destro]

I know you wouldn't. It's more his errant "warden" that I'm concerned about.

[Pause. Kinda awkward:] Yes. And I've included Frances on this filter, so if she has any objections...

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[thegooddrjones]

Alright. If she's alright with it, I'll take you down to treat him, just in case you need drugs or something.

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[stopthat_destro]

Black Jack has also offered to escort me. I don't know which you would prefer.

[you_run_i_chase]

Shut up about being bored and be at the pool table around eight.

[stopthat_destro]

So you can beat me to death with a pool cue?

[you_run_i_chase]

If I was going to beat you to death with a pool cue, I wouldn't fucking announce it before hand.

[stopthat_destro]

...all right. [STILL SUSPICIOUS.]

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[get_thebook]

As far as I'm aware, he hasn't handed Iago off to anyone yet and is still in discussions about whether he will. I could be wrong -- he might be, or has already, spoken to people privately.

If you would like to go down there, however, I don't mind escorting you.

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[stopthat_destro]

Well, Iago certainly isn't aware of that. And I'd rather not leave him alone while his so-called warden's waffling in uncertainty.

Thank you.

[Filter]

[get_thebook]

And even if he were not "waffling", Iago would be in seclusion down there, still. You realize that.

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[stopthat_destro]

You do realize there's a difference between sitting there, knowing you still have an advocate, and sitting there thinking you've been completely abandoned, don't you?

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[inhumandog]

Like hell.

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[stopthat_destro]

Physically, or...?

I've been given permission to tend to your injuries.

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[inhumandog]

Physically.

Good. When can you be here?

Private

[stopthat_destro]

Soon.

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[DOOP DOOP HEADING DOWN TO ZERO WITH A WARDEN ESCORT.]