⌨ seven - backdated to after 'The Dormouse'

[tookthepill]

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[ Something is very obviously bothering him. He's staring at the screen in the lounge, instead of playing video games and trying to beat Cynthia and Gainer's high scores, as usual. His tablet is sitting in his lap, already on its screensaver due to him being idle. He's just... staring off into space, a glass of hot coffee in his lap.

Talk to him? ]

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[ Later that evening, he's looking a little bit better. He's in the hangar, looking up between the tablet, and the Zeta Plus as the repairs were already under way, paid for by him, personally. ]

I wonder if I should start looking into a new mech to pilot...

[ He wonders aloud. ALICE's tank wouldn't have been practical in space. ]

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[gurrenbrigbonded]

"Are you alright?" Matthew asks, passing by and noticing his glumness.

"You seem maudlin, for someone who has won a great battle."

[tookthepill]

[ A heavy sigh. ]

Well... yeah, we did win, but... [ Was Allie really going to kill all of those people? He didn't thinks she was programmed to be so brutal, and she wasn't the type of AI to prioritize 'logical indifference.' ]

I guess there was just a lot going on in that mission, you know?