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Closing the last document she'd pulled up to read on stone masonry, Sakura sighed. She was pretty sure she had everything in place to start on repairs to the damage she'd caused, even if she wasn't sure there was anyone on ship who had a vested interest in caring. If it felt right to her to help remake what she'd unintentionally made a crater in
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"Sakura. How have you been? I understand Medical has been working its staff pretty hard."
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For some reason, this seems to brighten her up. "With the Clock on board, at least that part's out of our hair. Now it's keeping everyone aging down out of trouble and well cared for, on top of anything else cropping up due to accident, confrontation, or anything else."
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He glanced at the Omnicomm in her hands. "Looking up medical texts, or just here to do some light browsing?"
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Ren, of course, was very familiar to her. "Ren's one of my roommates. He just woke up recently. Did you take him back to the Teahouse? Was Phillip with you at the time?"
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"Sort of. I ran into Phillip halfway there. The going was a little slow, though -- I was trying to get Ren to at least roll up his pants a little so he could walk without tripping, but he wouldn't actually do it until I threatened to carry him. Is he always that... er, determined?"
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She stood, stretching. His polite comment on Ren made her snort, then smile -- a bit more fondly. "I think it's called being stubborn, and yes, he is. It's a trait common among many of the men I know, at any age." Hell, it was a trait she shared, if not quite so bullheadedly as some.
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He raised an eyebrow. "Oh? I'm probably guilty of the same. But the most stubborn person I knew by far was one of my sisters -- I don't think I've ever won an argument with her. Ren seemed kind of mellow by comparison."
"...On the other hand, he probably has 15 or 20 years to reach his full stubbornness potential."
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His comment on Ren having time to mature into his full stubbornness had her laughing. "People do tend to get less flexible as they age, huh? And I think stubbornness can be what helps us get by. Some of the time, at least."
She brought herself back around to why she'd asked if he had anything he needed to do. "Phillip might actually have a book or two on gardening, though I don't myself. I do have a few good ones on herbal remedies and tinctures." She smiled. "Not quite the same, but if you don't mind the distraction, I'd love to show them to you."
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He nodded solemnly at her. "Indeed it can. I've solved many a problem by banging my head against it until it solves itself."
...actually, that was sort of true.
"If you've got the time, I'd like to take you up on your offer, actually -- I didn't know Phillip was a gardener. And I know next to nothing about herbs. Besides, now that you've talked up books, I guess I have to see one up close."
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More humid than anything she'd been used to before waking up Stacy'd.
"I'd hate to be a book tease," she said with a grin. "If it might be familiarity speaking when I tell you how great they are. They're definitely not as efficient as the technology here." She didn't much care. "Have you ever actually been to the Teahouse?" she asked, starting to move toward the exit from the Media Library.
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Alan seemed to like most people so far, with the possible exception of Howard. Especially if they had food.
He followed her to the exit. "No, I don't think I even know where the Teahouse is. But Ren said that four of you all live there together, so I assume it's fairly large. And has a lot of books. Also, tea -- otherwise, it'd be false advertising."
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She continued to take a casual lead, conversing while they walked. "No false advertising there," she said, "There's more of a variety now than before shore leave." In part, Sakura had felt she should contribute when she'd had the means. Her own needs were few and easily addressed; sitting on the credits would be of no benefit to anyone. "I don't think Sho or I had any idea what we'd come across on the day they invited us to live with them." It'd been a strange slice of home -- and hers hadn't ever been on the same planet as any of the guys.
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"...Alan? Oh, he was cranky there for a little bit, but they've been coming in quite nicely." He smiled fondly at the thought. "Actually, he's turning out to be a rather handsome bird."
"How is Sho, by the way? I haven't seen him in... well, a couple months." Actually a little less than that, but Zouichi didn't know about the Guyver thing. "He seemed a little out of sorts when I saw him last, but it was right after he first arrived on the ship, after all."
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The mention of Alan's mood had her smiling. "I forget if you know what his species was. I look forward to seeing him again for myself." She meant it. As for the subject of her roommate...
"I think he misses home," she said, "Though we don't talk all that much." Things said in passing, part of living in close contact with another person, but nothing terribly intimate. Much like most her relationships with colleagues back home. Nothing personal. Which was odd, considering how personally they all took actions committed against a fellow shinobi. "I think it was the worst for him when he was first here, trying to figure out where he wanted to be, or even who. It can be difficult without familiar people around you, I think." She smiled. "Something we ( ... )
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"Hey may have been," she agreed. "It seems like there are a lot of places where more than trait-breeding's used to produce particular results, if I hadn't thought about people doing that with birds. Though the kinds I know had to do with message delivery," she said with a small shrug, "Not really the same thing."
Sakura looked up at Zouichi, considering. "Have you figured it out so far?"
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