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[ When the video clicks on, immediately the scene on display is a modest sized farmhouse with what look like orchards in the distance. From the fairly temperate looking climate a good guess would be that this is on Kauto.

The video turns about, giving a flash of a large block of wood and what looks like smaller pieces scattered around it. Good guess is that someone is chopping wood but has taken a break for the moment. This is born out when Adrien's face comes into the feed, the doctor is dressed in a t-shirt rather than his usual uniform.

Slightly out of breath, his dark hair is plastered to his face at the temples and forehead. Yep, someone has been chopping wood, rather aggressively if the sweat is anything to go by. ]

I'll keep this short and to the point. [ Par for the course. ] For what it's worth to those you who are accident prone or otherwise given to ending up injured, I've applied for duties at the local hospital in Region One. [ He doesn't expect he's the only one but he'll let Angela and Alva speak for themselves. ]

I'm also -and I can't believe these words are leaving my mouth- using some of the equipment salvaged from the MedBay on the Moira to equip a private practice here at this location. [ He made a vague motion in the direction of the house. ]

If anyone feels more comfortable ... [ These words are delivered in a neutral, non-judgmental tone. The Savrii have been nothing but generous to this point and this is not to suggest there is a problem. Rather, he knows what it's like to be paranoid as fuck. ] ... well, what's the saying? The devil you know?

[ Pausing for a drink of water, he fiddles for a moment with the bottle, before gazing up and over the top of the device, his eyes obviously scanning the landscape for something. He takes a breath, stops the words but then quickly finishes. ]

Uhhm ... I'm not sure, who else is on Kauto but ... has anyone happened to seen Courser in the past couple of days?

[ Though his tone is level, to anyone who knows him well, there is a definite edge of anxiety in his voice and in his expression. ]

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[ Paperwork is disgusting. ]

Thank you, I appreciate it.

[ Neighbors? He has neighbors? The orchards are so well established that honestly, he could see past them to identify any neighbors. Though he would probably come to appreciate the fact that he was surrounded by people he knew. ]

[What can he say, you get used to living off the grid when the grid shorts out, falls apart, and is slowly reclaimed by encroaching wilderness and the living dead.]

You takin' up farming?

At the moment I'm taking up 'reading a book and staring uselessly at a bunch of trees'.

I've actually never seen a farm in my life.

[ For that matter, he hadn't been too familiar with trees. This was all, very new and were it not for a certain missing bahari, his attention would probably be completely focused on the wonder of it. ]

's a lot to take on, if you got another job.

I don't sleep much.

[ Even if the electricity in his house did like to cut off at the same hour every single night. He was rubbish at taking a hint. ]

I figure I can do graveyard shifts at the hospital and then do what I need to do here ... hopefully. [ That last bit was a concession to the fact that there were an awful lot of apple trees, as far as the eyes could see.

There was a pause and then another small concession. ]

At least the hours are more predictable?

You'll manage, I guess.

Least you won't run outta applesauce.

I've never had the stuff.

[ Though the book he'd come across had recipes in the back. ]

I hope I'm not supposed to make it into sauce before I trade in the half share I owe.

How about you, Daryl. Did you end up in this area on a ... farm?

Mnn. [ It's the affirmative sort of grunt. ] Half the take oughta be enough to live off. Seemed like a good deal.

Yeah, that was my thinking as well.

[ When he'd been looking over his options. It had been tempting to take one of the more city based dwellings, as those reminded him of shipboard life.

But Courser had been shipbound for so much of his existence that Adrien had wanted to give his companion the opportunity to have some time in a natural, planet-side setting. Little had he expected that his choice would result in his companion disappearing. ]

I've taken on apple orchards. Before I signed on with the CDC I'd never even seen a tree.

[ If not for his time on the Moira he probably wouldn't be able to imagine that at all. ]

Where the hell did you grow up?

[ Look, Daryl's biased, it sounds awful to him. And a little confusing; he's guessing Adrien doesn't mean the CDC in Atlanta, even though that's where his mind goes first. ]

It's a bit of a long story. [ Adrien remarked in a wry tone. ]

In a nutshell, humanity on my version of Earth succeeded in destroying all of Earth's natural resources. All the flora, all the fauna gone. The entire planet was a wasteland, the only naturally surviving organic matter was humanity.

We survived by managing to successfully get out to the stars, other worlds and other species where we slowly built up trade relationships to procure the resources we needed to survive.

[ That really was a nutshell version, but it covered the highlights. ]

So trees are a novelty and I've been told I have to actually mow the stuff they called grass.

Christ.

[ Well, who's he to talk, they're pretty damn close to the opposite where he's from. ]

Kinda jumped in at the deep end. I guess, trees ain't so bad til harvest comes 'round.

So I'm coming to suspect. [ Each day, when he walked around the property and counted how many baby apples were hanging on the trees.

...

It was a lot! ]

What does your piece of property produce?

We got enough space, we'll plant different stuff. See what the seasons here are like, what grows well. Get some livestock, milk and meat, you know.

[ Self-sufficiency is the goal, he doesn't bother trying to hide that fact. ]

[ He picks up on that direction and from previous conversations with Daryl, though he doesn't know the specifics, Adrien can't say he's surprised. ]

When you identify any good vegetables, let me know? I'm not much of a meat eater, given other opportunities, but I'd be open to trading for vegetables.

Or attempting to grow them myself, I might be able to find a plot of land that will do the trick on this property.

Sure. Could always use apples.

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