[The way I'm so tired but I want to at least do a few npc tags today]
Emergencies should constitute exceptions to the rules.
[Which is, logically, out of her hands--but at the same time, people are actively dying, and there's nothing he can currently do to stop it. It's hard to be merciful.]
... You would think so. We remain tethered to this ship... And our stations mean little to hard programmed systems beyond our access. It really seems to be the Eudora is cursed.
[ She smiles. ]
Sometimes I wonder if there is kindness in the galaxy, even though I know the answer to it.
[He wishes he could say "there's always a way," or something equally confident. He does, truthfully, find it difficult to believe that they don't have the tools to break through--but at the same time, this technology is so far beyond what he's used to. For all his experience and intelligence, his frame of reference is too dated for the systems they're working with--systems he no longer has access to anyway, not without painstakingly trying to recreate some old-school back door. Imagine if he built a wifi hotspot and was able to text only Todomatsu's cell phone.]
[ Luke is right to remember that his knowledge is too dated... Amalthea has only been employed allegedly for three months, so that is most of her studying.
That would be INCREDIBLY funny, though. ]
... As long as there are kind people, kindness will always persist, no matter the tragedy.
[Submits this as a location change (no) (unless?)]
I'd like to think so too. [A beat.] While you're working on solving this problem--can you try to remind the rest of that? It's hard to watch people die around you.
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Emergencies should constitute exceptions to the rules.
[Which is, logically, out of her hands--but at the same time, people are actively dying, and there's nothing he can currently do to stop it. It's hard to be merciful.]
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[ She smiles. ]
Sometimes I wonder if there is kindness in the galaxy, even though I know the answer to it.
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And what's your answer?
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That would be INCREDIBLY funny, though. ]
... As long as there are kind people, kindness will always persist, no matter the tragedy.
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I'd like to think so too. [A beat.] While you're working on solving this problem--can you try to remind the rest of that? It's hard to watch people die around you.
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[ People may be dying, but her vibes are doing all right. ]
Hope shines brightest in the darkest night, after all.
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[He appreciates that. As much as he's been insisting that he wants to ghost the living, it doesn't mean he intends to stop looking out for them.
Also it has been a week and I plan to come back for you next week SO even though he said he has more questions, he will save them for another trip--]
I'll come visit you again, is that okay?
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[ YEAH!!!!!!!! ]