[S'up, Barge. Guess who's awake. He's been going over what he missed but will tactfully refrain from commenting on any of it. It's his anniversary, after all, if a few days late.]

A year and five days.

[He sounds oh-so-pleased about this.]

Should I consider myself a veteran?

[Dry.]

[There's the definitive sound of buttons being pushed when the audio comes on, the sound vaguely muffled.]

What is this, some kind of phone?

[Some more fiddling goes on before the video feed activates to an off-kilter shot of a young man with blond hair. He doesn't seem to be much older then twenty-five and is, apparently, having a lot of ( Read more... )