Room 238, Friday evening

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After this morning, and talks with Anakin and Isabel, Aeryn's amazingly feeling a little better. When she comes back to the room, she's not even all withdrawn. She's a little surprised, too.

Taking her shoes off at the door, she greets John with, "Hi."

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John's drawing on the back of Bertram again. "Hey!"

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She sees what he's doing, asking, "Nothing good on television?"

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"Not really," he says. "I was drawing stick figures on Bertram."

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She raises her eyebrows. "Stick figures."

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"Yeah," he says. "A fierce battle."

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"Stick figures," she repeats.

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"Yeah," he says. "One of them's me."

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"And who are you fighting?" she asks.

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"Skeeters," he said with a solemn nod.

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That's actually something like a snicker coming from her.

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"What?" He eyes her. "There's a lot of them around!"

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"I'm sorry, I must have missed the invasion," she says.

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"Well, there was the original and the...child and I swear she has a sister too," he said.

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"And so there are stick figure battles," she says.

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"Yes," he says solemnly.

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Aeryn totally pats him on the head.

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"Did you just pat me on the head?" he asks, laughing.

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"It seemed like the thing to do," she shrugs.

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"Where'd you come from?" he asks, letting Bertram go for the time being.

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"I went to see Isabel. Birthday present," she says, showing him the necklace.

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He smiles widely. "That's beautiful."

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She smiles back a little and says, "How long have you been drawing battlefields?"

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"About a half hour," he says. "I was bored and Bertram was there and I wanted Bertram to get a little taste of Umberta since he hid the whole she was here."

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"I can't blame him. I wanted to lock her in a closet," she admits.

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"But she was my daughter except not," he says.