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[better_than_aliens]

[If you look at the hangar, Christine's busy slumped over on a wall, looking like hell. This was the second time she sortied and ended up getting the short end of the stick. Even worse, this time, it lead to someone's death. Someone she knew and cared about on some level. Oh, sure, she wasn't as torn up about this as Laura certainly was, but still...]

Too weak, too slow, I let myself get the better of me... DAMMIT! What was I thinking?! I could have done something! Anything! Anything but what I did!

[She growls and buries her head in her hands.]

...What if that was Julia...? What if I couldn't have...?

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[better_than_aliens]

Something... a-anything! I... [she sighs a bit, shaking her head.]

...I'm sorry, Laura. She means so much more to you than me and I'm taking it like it was the opposite...

[emorangerpink]

Once the fight started, I don't think there's anything we could have done differently. The bomb was already there, the attack from the Inspectors came out of nowhere. Maybe if I'd been able to cut it out of her myself instead of waiting for Kyoku, or had found it in her check-ups...

In the end all that matters is that Winberrl got her in to stasis in time. Not that the wait for her to get back is going to be easy.

[better_than_aliens]

Yeah... she'll get better... hopefully.

But, what about you? How are you doing?

[emorangerpink]

She said to wait for her. So I'm waiting. I wish I could have gone with her, but...

I'm fine. I mean - I wasn't even scratched.