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[a_mere_child]

Since the desalination plant mission and the fall of the Gene Worm, Alyx has split her time between poring over the intel from the Combine's computers and poring over the fragments of the Borealis's computer system. She's only taking a break because her eyes won't focus properly anymore.

When Milliways shows up instead of her bunk, she doesn't fight it. She just makes a beeline for the couch and sags down into it.

The last three days feel like they've lasted three months.