Room 238, Wednesday afternoon

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After stopping by Anakin's office in SP, la, Aeryn comes back to the room. Spending some time in the gym last night helped a lot, so she's at least acting like a normal person again. It'll get less weird.

She's about to go feed the fish when she sees Bertram sitting behind the tank, eyestalks twitching a little as he watchs Bruno swim. "Yes, I know, it's relaxing," she says. "Too bad you're a machine."

Bertram just beeps at her and continues watching. Even a DRD should have hobbies. Probably.

[Open. Yes, I am bored out of my mind today. Entertain me.]

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"You'll warm up," she assures him with a little smile back.

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"I already am," he says, offering her a cookie.

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She takes it and gives him a "Thank you," not entirely sure why she's still being quiet around him. It's been a hard week.

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"How're you?"

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"I'm okay," she says, shrugging a little and breaking off a piece of the cookie. "Improving."

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"Improving?"

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She shakes her head, not knowing how to explain it, and says, "I feel better."

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"Oh." He nods. "What helped?"

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"I went to the gym last night. Worked some of it out, talked to Rory a little," she shrugs.

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"Oh," he says, a little sad that he hadn't helped. "That's good."

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"It just takes a little while to get used to things," she tells him, finishing the cookie and brushing crumbs off her hand.

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"I know that," he says and puts the cookies away.

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"Yeah," she says, not sure if she said something wrong, so she's just watching him.

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"What?" he asks when he feels her eyes on him.

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"Nothing," she says, because she learned nothing from Monday. She's still watching him, though.

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"Why're you staring at me?"

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"I'm not staring," she protests.

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"I'm not gonna go insane," he says. "Not today, at least."

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She's a little surprised by that. "I wasn't expecting you to."

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"Oh." He swirls a hand around his head. "Because of this thing."

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"I know," she says slowly. "You think I'm waiting for that?"

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"I think you're watching for signs that it's getting stronger," he says and nods.

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"I wasn't," Aeryn frowns.

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"I don't mean right this minute," he says. "I mean overall."

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"I watch to make sure you're all right," she tells him.