[ he startles a little, like a dumb bitch who (again) thoughtshare was real. ] Uh...no? I mean you're the senior officer here.

[ so he figures they can do whatever the hell they want. ]

Yeah. I remember you guys were saying the stuff like the thought and emotion sharing was new, too, and that's why I started to wonder if something went wrong with our nanites or the resonance going through the void. It's almost too easy for something to go wrong.

[ and here his mood dips a little. ]

...Scien and Dahut both were the only people on the junior crew who knew about my age and situation. [ a pause. well. mostly. mizuki nonwithstanding. ] They actually offered some decent advise and ideas for me to start doing my own research on stuff, so...I like to think that I knew them at least a little. It's why it felt so off, and if even you noticed something was a little amiss without really knowing him then that's a bigger problem. I guess it's also why I want to make sure whatever choice I make isn't about to trigger something else like that again by picking up something on a path or anything.