[She can't answer, not at first, and not just because of the embarrassments of the night in question. She's pretty sure if Shortpack found out what she had to do to get Zeke to trust her, he'd never talk to her again.]
[So she'll close the journal and leave it, and then come back, and then leave it again, trying to screw up the courage to say something because, really, when things got complicated like this? Her preferred course of action was to run.]
[He might catch snippets of background noise as she comes and goes before she finally finds her voice, tense and biting, not at all from anger this time but from the fear of losing this friendship.]
I'm fine. Sounds like you haven't changed at all. Glad to hear the aliens didn't get you.
[She really is very relieved about that, even if it doesn't come through.]
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[So she'll close the journal and leave it, and then come back, and then leave it again, trying to screw up the courage to say something because, really, when things got complicated like this? Her preferred course of action was to run.]
[He might catch snippets of background noise as she comes and goes before she finally finds her voice, tense and biting, not at all from anger this time but from the fear of losing this friendship.]
I'm fine. Sounds like you haven't changed at all. Glad to hear the aliens didn't get you.
[She really is very relieved about that, even if it doesn't come through.]
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I know telling you to be careful would be really stupid, because... you're you. Just try not to die, okay?
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[An aggravated sigh,] Listen we're -- I'm with people who knows what's going on. Just sit tight, we'll take care of it.
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You know I'm not good at sitting tight, but really with infected people crawling all over the place, it's not like I have much choice.
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