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[nakesnakecobracobra]

What a joke. [ The blonde has nothing but venom in her eyes, completley different from the kindly demeanor she wore before. ]

If I had to die, I would like at least to have been left in peace.

[ She sighs, utterly exasperated and put-upon. ]

It does begin to look as though I'm stuck here for the long term. A pity. Has anything interesting occurred in my absence?

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[no_fastolfe]

It's the third year of recorded barge history, if I'm remembering correctly.

Was a warden named Geharis Rhade here while you were?

[It's entirely possible that Vasilia was, too, but she was very... wrapped up when last she was aboard.]

[nakesnakecobracobra]

It's possible. I don't believe we spoke. Why?

[no_fastolfe]

It would indicate that haven't been gone several years. I was aboard, as was Commander Rhade, through the most recent Barge April.

[nakesnakecobracobra]

What does it matter? One month or one million. Nothing has changed.

[no_fastolfe]

Very little, certainly, but then that is the nature of the barge to some extent.

Have you changed, in the interim?

[nakesnakecobracobra]

In a manner of speaking, perhaps. I learned some valuable information.

[no_fastolfe]

Anything that will aid in your eventual graduation?

[She doubts this, you seem misanthropic and surly.

Not that that was her or anything.]

[nakesnakecobracobra]

Only that my death was truer than I had originally believed.

[ Sounds about right. ]

[no_fastolfe]

An unfortunate implication of being an inmate aboard; there are no half measures.

I did rescusitate after graduation, however...

[nakesnakecobracobra]

[ That little girl destroyed her soul. Pure hate crosses her face for a moment, then smooths over into a lazy smile. ]

So it would seem, that my only option at the moment is to wait.

[no_fastolfe]

[Vasilia is not the most socially apt woman in the Spacer worlds, but she catches that look and wants absolutely no part of it. She's quite pleased to be on the other side of a viewscreen.]

Indeed.