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[cactusy]

[If I don't have an active post up, feel free to use this post to have your character call, videochat, text, or knock on Shaw's door.]

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[cactusy]

Pretty sure this place encourages it.

[She says, dryly.]

The breaches, the sharing floods - the Admiral has a clear goal here.

[It suuuuuuuuuucks.]

I do know what it feels like, to feel understood and appreciated like that. I know I give her shit, but I'm glad she can do that for you.

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[empathicfault]

[ Will hums in agreement with her assessment of the breaches and floods. At least some of it is probably in service to getting all these outcasts to bond.

He pauses for a long moment after the rest of her comment. ]

I'm glad, too. Honestly, she's so...pure in her intentions, I almost don't know how to approach it. She gives me such a dog feel that I didn't expect her to have a human form when I first met her.

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[cactusy]

I met her as a dog first, too; I liked her better that way.

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[empathicfault]

There's positives to both sides, I think.

[ But he knows how Shaw is with his dogs, and he grins. ]

That reminds me- it's been over a month now. Think you could try requesting another of my dogs?

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[cactusy]

Yeah, okay. Which one?

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[empathicfault]

I'm tempted to say Buster, but it should probably be Jack. He's a German Shepherd mix, active but fairly calm. Him, Jet, and Winston make a good base for the rest of the pack.

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[cactusy]

You have good taste in dogs, Graham. I'll let you know what the Admiral says.

You doing okay?

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[empathicfault]

Thank you.

And yeah, I'm feeling a lot more settled than I was a few days ago. [ He also finally got some sleep. ] How's the death toll coming along? You doing okay?

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[cactusy]

If I say yes and the answer is no, can you tell?

[Because guess what!]

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[empathicfault]

Yes. But I'm usually in situations where it's impolite to call that out.

[ He still does it anyway, sometimes. ]

What's the hiccup?

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[cactusy]

I know I'm not exactly the most conventional warden around, but telling your inmate you aren't sure they're real is probably a faux pas.

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[empathicfault]

This isn't exactly a conventional system. And I'm not going to judge anyone for not being sure what's real and what's not.

Is it just me you're not sure about, or more than that?

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[cactusy]

The whole thing. I don't think it's real and you're fake. Just kinda pissed at myself from all angles - for not being able to sort out my own head, for not getting with the program and realizing this is reality if that's what it is. For letting myself get conned by an obvious trap if it isn't.

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[empathicfault]

To be fair to your head, it has a lot to sort out. But I- I know how frustrating that can be. How easy it can be to take that out on yourself. Knowing that if you choose the wrong thing, it'll either lead to a waste of time or a waste of opportunity.

This might be a dumb question, but- what is it exactly that has you doubting the reality of this? What made it worse?

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[cactusy]

It's not a dumb question.

Rogers said that a while ago, the Enclosure, uh-- left the Enclosure. Things from inside of it came out into the rest of the Barge. Seems like the kind of thing that couldn't happen if the rest of the Barge weren't a simulated environment too, right?