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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He nods, looking down. "I'm not. But, you know that."

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She moves over to him, asking, "Are you okay right now? What brought this on?"

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"I'm fine right now," he says, nodding. "It's quiet. And I don't know. Just thinking."

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Aeryn reaches up, touching his face. Now she's concerned, just a little.

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"It gets pretty bad sometimes," he admits.

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"Yeah," she says, still frowning. "Anything I can do?"

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He shrugs one shoulder uncomfortably. "I'd like to not hurt anyone."

Even then, Umberto wakes up and laughs at him.

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That's not making the frown go away. "You think you're going to?"

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"No," he says. "But I know I can. With this thing around."

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"You can always have it checked out," Aeryn says, knowing it won't go over well.

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"No one will know what they're looking for," he says.

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"Maybe not here, but... maybe where I'm from. The technology is from there, I'm sure someone would know what to do."

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"I thought you couldn't go back there."

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"It's possible to stay out of Peacekeeper territory. Nothing I'd want to try permanently, but I think this would be a good enough reason to go back," she says.

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He shrugs uncomfortably again. "I don't know."

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"Just think about it, all right?" she says. "I'm not asking for a decision."

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"Sure," he says. "I'll think about it."

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She really hopes he does. "But you're okay right now?"

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"Right now, I'm okay," he says.

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It's always a relief to hear that. She leans forward to lightly touch her forehead to his.

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"Are you worried?"

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"A little," Aeryn answers honestly. "But I trust you."

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"What're you worried about?"

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"You," she says. "I know it scares you."

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"Yeah," he says. "I mean, are you scared of anything happening?"