//15th Übersetzung//Voice - Dated to Monday Aug 23rd.

[dormant_beast]

[There is heavy silence on this end when the comm clicks on - Anna’s trying to prepare herself for what she’s about to say (she’s also absolutely terrified of what she’s going to say). There are new people on board apparently, and everyone should be properly warned. She just doesn’t know how to word it, so the end result is an awkward speech, with

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[ecopiracy]

[Phoenix has such conflicted feelings about Anna right now, but this is too much for him.]

What good do you hope to accomplish with this?

[dormant_beast]

[...Oh, by the Gods. It feels like someone stabbed her.]

Retribution, revenge.

Justice, maybe?

[ecopiracy]

[Phoenix's eyes narrow.]

Have you even considered the potential consequences? What happens if someone takes you up on this? What happens if your basic instinct for survival causes another lapse in control?

[dormant_beast]

[It feels like it's getting a little harder to breath.]

That is not going to happen.

[Namely, her will to survive is gone. She feels like the lowest scum of the earth, and the things he says make her feel even smaller, more worthless.]

[ecopiracy]

Are you willing to bet their lives on that?

[dormant_beast]

If it...would make you feel better that I stay confined in here and close the door, then that is what I will do.

[She was right. He hates her. At least she had selfishly gained one final meeting with him.]

[ecopiracy]

{Again he has to struggle with his tangled and mixed emotions.]

...no. That is only a temporary solution.

[Even death couldn't guarantee that she'd never come back.]

You need to learn to control this.

[dormant_beast]

As is death, so I have seen. [Being torn to pieces in Carnival had stopped the chaos, but here she was, sitting in a tightly coiled ball on her bed.]

I am going to try. There...is another on board like me, and at least one other woman who might be able to...[She pauses for the word.] Remove the bad genes.

[ecopiracy]

[Phoenix pauses, that comment catching him by surprise.]

...remove them? How?

[dormant_beast]

[...She presses her lips together.]

Science. She is...a scientist, yes? What is wrong with me is genetic, and I am...hoping she can help.

[She pauses, twisting her hands together as she stares at the comm by her side.]

I am sorry. [Sorry she lost it, sorry to everyone she hurt, sorry because she's ruined things between her and Phoenix, sorry she's still in this place...]

[ecopiracy]

[Phoenix frowns, not certain he likes the idea of fixing a genetic mutation by altering the genes again.]

Is such a procedure safe?

[He does still care, despite what occurred. It's just threaded with so much else.]

[dormant_beast]

... I do not know. [She briefly sounds apprehensive.]

All similar experiments went...horribly wrong, back home. But this....this is not home.

[Her voice hardens ever so slightly.]

I will also be talking to another shifter that is also a passenger. This will not happen again.

[ecopiracy]

[He's not surprised, but he grimaces anyway.]

Be careful, Anna.

[Ultimately the choice is hers.]

[dormant_beast]

I will...try.

[She pauses for a moment, trying to think of how she would like to phrase her next sentence.]

I understand, if you do not...wish to speak to me again after this.

[ecopiracy]

[There's a long moment of silence before Phoenix responds.]

Anna...

[A soft intake of breath then a slow release.]

It might be best if we discussed this again... another time.

[He's still trying to come to terms with all of this.]

[dormant_beast]

Of course.

[This hurts so much more than she could have ever previously conceived.]

If you do wish to talk...you know how to find me.