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[shiro2hero]

[Deep breaths. This is fine. This is all going to be fine. They can do this.]

[But if he broadens the search pool, the better the chances of this working out. As much as he hates to think about what he'd learned, as much as he wants to pretend it's all okay...]

[His voice is steady as ever, over the TAB. Despite the late hour.]

I'm looking for someone good with data extraction and compilation. Especially someone who can do that for alien or unfamiliar tech.

Maybe even translating unknown languages. I can't say for sure.

I'll take any help you can offer.

Comments

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

I made coffee. Apparently I'm more susceptible to it than I thought.

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Darin just groans.]

Alright. Alright.

You win. You know what's best, after all.

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

"You know what's best"?

What's that supposed to mean?

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

It means I trust you not to do anything stupid or to take on too much by yourself.

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

... That's not how it sounded, but okay.

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

It might not be how it sounded but it's the truth.

The begrudging truth.

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

Then... thanks? I think?

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

At least try and get some sleep soon.

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

I'm fine. I already slept.

[No he didn't.]

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

I'm going to have Pidge rig up some kind of monitoring system that gauges your breathing so that we can actually make records of whether or not you sleep.

Pretty sure she would, too.

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

Pidge needs her rest, too.

We're not monitoring anybody like they're an animal.

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

We just want to make sure you're sleeping, pal.

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

You don't have to worry like that -- everything's.

Going to be fine.

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Man you sound really convincing right now.

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

Ask me again after coffee.

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Well, this is getting us nowhere.

We should at least talk about something productive.

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

Okay.

Such as?

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

You talk to the Princess yet?

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

[... he wishes this weren't video, because then no one would be able to see the way his face just. Goes white.]

[How is he supposed to tell Allura this...]

No.

Not yet. And no, I'm not happy about it.

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Seriously?

Man, I thought for sure things would have been smoothed over by now.

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

That's... what I was hoping for, too.

Guess it just didn't work out that way.

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

... ... ...

Want me to talk to her?

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

No.

I need to.

Whenever she's ready to listen.

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Alright, new topic.

Fishing. You and me. Soon.

[VIDEO]

[shiro2hero]

[DEEP BREATH...]

Yeah. Soon -- whenever I get this data business figured out.