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[setpoint]

Hello everyone.

Recently I found something in my room. It seems to be some sort of diagnostic tool that can connect to the consoles. Most of them are missing a lot of data, and some are malfunctioning, but I did learn a few useful things.

First, the consoles and life support systems were reactivated the same day we woke up. A significant amount of data is corrupted, so the tool didn't give me a current date, only the number of days since then. It seems like the station was shut down completely before we arrived.

Second, the last time those systems were fully functioning was 2654. It didn't give me a month, and I don't know how long ago that was, but it is a baseline.

[Not a very pleasant one for her, but it's something.]

The good news is, the life support systems seem to be running properly. It hasn't picked up any issues.

Comments

[wentnuclear]

Good point. And I guess it'd be nice to know how things turned out, that better world we wanted, but... at this point I've got way more friends here than I did back there.

[ He wasn't close to Tendo anymore and barely knew Herc, but they did matter. ]

Wish I'd gotten to meet Tendo and Alison's kid.

[setpoint]

Me too.

[Absently, her fingers find the edge of the blanket, and she twists at the hem.]

I don't know if there was ever anything left for me back home.

[wentnuclear]

[ With the war over..? Yeah. Raleigh hadn't gone into the Breach expecting to ever come out again. It wasn't necessarily a suicide mission in and of itself obviously, since he'd ejected Mako's pod, but his own had extremely slim chances. When he flipped that switch and transferred Gipsy fully to his own mind? That was supposed to be it for him. Mako already knows where his head was at, that he'd basically been sacrificing himself for her. For the world, sure, technically but... for her.

And now, all they had left really was each other. How does it feel, Mako? To be someone's entire world. ]

Hey. There was.

[setpoint]

[Mako meets his eyes, her hand going to his automatically, just brushing his.]

But you're here now.

[She thinks that's what he meant, anyway. It isn't like she ever had a plan beyond becoming a pilot, and now that's gone. Raleigh's the only solid, stable thing she has.]

[wentnuclear]

[ Oh. Well, he meant everybody back at control, when he'd sent her back to them. But seeing as they're gone now... Raleigh exhales, turning his hand to take hers gently. It's becoming second nature at this point. ]

We're gonna be okay.

[setpoint]

[She nods, lacing their fingers together and squeezing tight.]

What do we do, then?

[wentnuclear]

[ That's sure a question. Hm. ]

I don't know yet. I just feel like we should keep a more open mind, at this point.