Working out issues.

[burden_of_sin]

He had failed many times. After getting the hang of the holodeck, he had managed to program a scenario, through voice commands. However, he had been failing miserably. He had managed to program it in detail, even given the exact specification of the Punisher to the computer so he could use it in holographic form. The problem, in the end, was with

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[greennotgold]

Fletcher was feeling a little fuzzy after waking up, but he still remembered his way around the station. He was going around to see what all had changed since he'd been re-podded, and somehow found himself at the holodeck.

But someone else was here -- alone, and crying.

"Um-- s-sorry," Fletcher stuttered out. He hadn't meant to barge in. (He also wasn't aware of how busy the holodeck usually was. Way to go.)

[burden_of_sin]

Wolfwood looked up and tried his best at a smile.

"No, kiddo, you don't have to leave." He said with a sad smile. "I was just... trying something, and it didn't work. Made me sad. I was planning on leaving anyhow, if you wanted to use this." He again tried his best to smile, but it was the smile of someone desperately sad, someone who didn't have anything to live for.

[greennotgold]

Fletcher hung back, close to the entrance. He wasn't one to argue, but even he could see how sad the man looked.

"I... I was just looking around, it's okay..." He didn't have the first idea how this technology worked, to begin with. "Um, are you okay though?"

[burden_of_sin]

"It's fine if you want to stay, kid." He got up and wiped his eyes.

"I'm... I'm trying to leave something I don't want to be behind me, and it's coming hard. Someone your age shouldn't know about things like that." He finally at least managed a smile that wasn't full of sorrow, though it remained fake.

"What are you here for?"

[greennotgold]

That sounded kind of familiar. Maybe someone his age shouldn't know about leaving behind past mistakes, but Fletcher did nonetheless.

"I was looking around... I, um, I just woke up from one of those sleep pods," he explained. If the man didn't want to discuss it, he wouldn't press the subject. "I was sick so they made me go back to sleep for a while..."