PILOT'S LOG 1.03 ✈ AUDIO; CONSOLE

[merb]

So when the information on this place said that people you know could appear... and then disappear... without warning? There could have been a subsection about it only lasting two weeks.

[ A silence, just a shade longer than a subject change would have necessitated. ]

What kinds of metals are commonly used in your worlds? I'm having some trouble finding comparable materials.

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Re: audio

[merb]

My ship, so my navigator.

[ but he huffs a little, anyway ]

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Does she know that?

[Just out of sheer curiosity.]

Re: audio

[merb]

Does she know she's the navigator? Pretty sure... it's sunk in.

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[backwordscompatible]

But does she know she's your Navigator?

Girls tend to notice that sort of thing.

Re: audio

[merb]

[ That seems to put them on the same page, and Stork facepalms-- literally, it can be heard over the audio. ]

Not like that!

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[backwordscompatible]

[Took him long enough.]

Hey, don't blame me for freudian slips. You said it.

Re: audio

[merb]

She's my teammate.

[ Although that's not even a valid objection, because she and Aerrow are... sort of a something. ]

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So?

So was my ex-boyfriend. The two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.

Re: audio

[merb]

She's almost half my age.

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[...okay, he might have finally had a point there.]

Well, how was I supposed to know?

The last alien friend I had dating a teammate was, like, ten times his age, I think. But only in Mars years, or however that counted. She still looked sixteen to the rest of us.

Re: audio

[merb]

I'm not always the best at judging human ages, I just know how old everyone was when we first started out.

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[Well, it's not like she couldn't still argue against that. There was a 300-year-age gap between her and Jack, after all.]

[Still...the longest this dragged on, the less fun it was getting.]

For what it's worth, a lot of humans aren't always so great at judging human ages, either.

People used to think I was a lot older than I actually was at the time.

Re: audio

[merb]

And for humans, that's... not a compliment, right?

[ He was like 99% sure that was right. ]

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[backwordscompatible]

If you're Under Twenty-One, it could be. Depending upon how high you risk going.

[No pressure.]

Re: audio

[merb]

... there's no right way to answer this, is there?

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Probably not.

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[merb]

[ He'd plead the fifth if it existed in his world. Thankfully, he has a backup. ]

Uncle?

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[She tried not to laugh, taking pity on the poor boy. This definitely wasn't how she had originally pictured this conversation going, but hey, if it managed to distract him even a little from missing his friend...then it was so worth it.]

Alright, alright.

I suppose I can let you off the hook this once.

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[merb]

Thanks.

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[backwordscompatible]

Anytime