... He really hopes he's not somehow the only person around who's done space stuff. He didn't think to be concerned about it before now. He can probably work with it either way, it's just a weird prospect. ]
Yeah. Might not be hard to guess and get it right. [ With the shock collars and everything? He gets the feeling they'd be right at home in early-phase Gem empire thinking. And that's no good.
But. He's supposed to be a positive thinker. That's what he does. Out here more than ever, he needs to start scraping that energy back together somehow. What's one more questionable person or organization turning it around on the old resume? ]
But I could be wrong about that. We both could. People can... do a lot of things when they don't think they'll get help otherwise. Really, really terrible things. It can still work out. [ 10/10 attempt. ] Who knows? Maybe we'll end up being just what they needed to finish up.
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... He really hopes he's not somehow the only person around who's done space stuff. He didn't think to be concerned about it before now. He can probably work with it either way, it's just a weird prospect. ]
Yeah. Might not be hard to guess and get it right. [ With the shock collars and everything? He gets the feeling they'd be right at home in early-phase Gem empire thinking. And that's no good.
But. He's supposed to be a positive thinker. That's what he does. Out here more than ever, he needs to start scraping that energy back together somehow. What's one more questionable person or organization turning it around on the old resume? ]
But I could be wrong about that. We both could. People can... do a lot of things when they don't think they'll get help otherwise. Really, really terrible things. It can still work out. [ 10/10 attempt. ] Who knows? Maybe we'll end up being just what they needed to finish up.