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voice » un: killjoy / forward dated to once they're all on the station

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Hey. Make it to the station in one piece?

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[ It's a relief to hear from Dutch, when JJ's own head had been too dazed from everything that happened to think about reaching out.

He hadn't realized how worried he was until he heard her voice. ]

Physically? Yeah. [ Emotionally? Not so much. ] Are you okay?

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( she's exhausted, but — she won't be able to sleep until she's made sure everyone she considers part of her... whatever you want to call it. not team. not friends. hers, in some way. under her protection. until she's made sure everyone's at least still alive. everything else can wait. )

Just great.

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That doesn't sound right. [ Maybe he might've believed it in text, given how unshakeable Dutch seems to be, but even JJ's not that stupid when he can hear her voice. ] Do you have a lot of experience fighting giant dragons?

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( she should have texted. too tired, though. )

Figurative ones, sure.

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[ What a cool answer. Typical Dutch. ]

Guess this was new to both of us then. I wonder if... [ He's inside one of the rooms right now, but he glances at the door as if it could provide him a view of the sight of the monstrous creature, frozen in time, all the same. ] I wonder if we'll get sent back down there to finish it off.

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If they keep him in stasis but not us, it'd be easy.

( she's not sure that's possible. she's also not letting herself feel anything for or about the dragon. easier that way to kill it, even if his sadness reverberated through her. )

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Forever? Just hovering there? [ He grimaces. ] Who would be able to relax like that?

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Not forever. Just long enough for us to slice and dice.

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You're right, let him come back just long enough to get his head sliced off.

[ Gross. ]

I don't get why the Natha don't just do it themselves. It seems like less work than freezing the entire planet.

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Who the hells knows why they do anything.

( she’d sound grumpier about that if she wasn’t as tired as she is. )

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You're right. [ He rubs his face, there's really no point in trying to figure them out. ] Want a drink?

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Always.

( a beat. ) In a few hours. ( she needs sleep more than she needs that drink and jim kirk is a heavy and very asleep weight against her side. yes, she's texting jj while in be with another guy. )

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[ 👀 ]

im going to get a head start 🍺🍻
but i'll liveblog my adventures so you don't feel like you're missing out

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How sweet of you.

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I figure you miss me.

[ Maybe Dutch can hear him winking. ]

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Desperately.

( maybe he can hear the dry sarcasm. )