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Jun 21, 2010 14:03

Short and unpleasant. I suppose that when the Admiral gives us ports that turn out to be completely unsalvageable, that's the best he can offer us.

Not pointless -- you might have noted I did not use that word. If anything, my brief sojourn into the mad wilderness yielded some experiences that were most illuminating. Even on top of knowing what it ( Read more... )

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Private- Voice inhumandog June 21 2010, 20:02:24 UTC

Yes.

Private impure_tale June 21 2010, 20:03:17 UTC

Speak to me.

Private inhumandog June 21 2010, 20:04:20 UTC

No.

Private - Yeah Iago, like that's gonna work impure_tale June 21 2010, 20:05:24 UTC

Did he harm you?

Private - He can always TRY inhumandog June 21 2010, 20:09:57 UTC

Of course not. He had no reason to.

Private impure_tale June 21 2010, 20:12:05 UTC

Nothing that he did, and nothing that got him here, implied the use of good reason.

But I'm pleased you were not hurt.

Private inhumandog June 21 2010, 20:14:31 UTC

No. I worked with him. He got us through.

Private impure_tale June 21 2010, 20:27:50 UTC

For the time being, I want you to stay away from him. Before you object, I will explain why.

My feelings regarding the events in port are...less than favorable, and before anything is said or done I know I should take time to rest and reflect. Really, both of us should. And then we should conference regarding your experiences there, to maintain what parts were good for you and what is best gotten behind you. In the time between then and now I would prefer that you reflect on the matter privately -- or with Judas, at your discretion. It looks as though he might need a hand to hold, himself.

And if you have any questions, I will be happy to answer them.

Private inhumandog June 21 2010, 20:33:23 UTC

He does.

Marquis, I-

I'll do that.

Private impure_tale June 21 2010, 20:39:05 UTC

I am saying this to you in confidence, Iago -- Henry West and I were not on poor terms before this port. He and I have been here for an equal length of time, and we have almost always been friends. Once even more than that. As such, I understand certain things about him that he will not disclose to others.

But telling and seeing are two different things. And since I am having trouble separating that port from the man I've known these last two years -- you can imagine the difficulty, I should hope. I can tell you that before that port, there have been perhaps one, maybe two incidences, out of two years of knowing one another, where he has not listened to my council, and none that we came to harsh words over where we did not seem to immediately reconcile. I had good reason to be concerned.

Private inhumandog June 21 2010, 20:51:41 UTC

What was done was done out of necessity.

I don't want to talk about this.

Private impure_tale June 21 2010, 21:06:33 UTC

You don't know that, and neither did he. He was just afraid, and too stupid in his petrification to wait and see what happened.

If I had changed, then I would arguably have already been dead, would I not? And even if I were to try to kill anyone, all of you were younger and faster than I am. I've no doubt I could have been stopped.

There's every chance in the world that I wouldn't have changed at all.

Private inhumandog June 21 2010, 21:10:15 UTC

I said I don't want to talk about this, Marquis.

Private impure_tale June 21 2010, 21:11:37 UTC

Tell me why you don't -- truthfully -- and I will be silent.

Private inhumandog June 21 2010, 21:12:54 UTC

I have a headache and I just want to sleep. I don't want to think about that. I don't want to remember it.

Private impure_tale June 21 2010, 21:14:13 UTC

Sleep, Iago. But remember what I said before.

You are excused from your shifts, unless you find you need the distraction.

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