[Sora's found herself in Alexei's room; she still hasn't learned anything about Alexei, but she's still very obviously annoyed, until she notices his damaged form.]
A computer...? And it's plugged into him? I guess we can communicate with him with this.
COMPLETE. RANK 21 ALEXEI SORAS HAS SUFFERED A HEAVY CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE. SEVERAL AREAS OF THE BRAIN HAVE SUSTAINED MODERATE TO SEVERE DAMAGE. MANY COGNITIVE ABILITIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED ENTIRELY. THIS CONSOLE IS CURRENTLY RESTORING MENTAL PROCESSES AND IS 21% COMPLETE._
Heavy cerebral hemorrhage? Cognitive abilities... destroyed entirely!? What did Kamille do!? [She continues to panic for a moment, but pauses.] I guess he'll- ah, Alexei'll be all right, though...? I'll stop in and apologize when he's all right... when will that be?
>REQUEST ETA FOR RECOVERY OF RANK 21 "ALEXEI SORAS"
[It's been about eighteen hours, give or take, and Sora's worried. That brings her to Alexei's infirmary bed once again, probably just after he's been revived in a rather painful fashion.]
[By the time you've made it in, Alexei is already sitting up in his gurney, watching the battle on a vid. He's plugged himself back into his computer, apparently playing chess at the same time.]
...I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't apologize, I didn't do anything, but... I still feel bad. You had to stay here - you died - because I couldn't do anything.
...how are they doing out there? [Sora peers at the screen, trying to keep an eye on things.]
I died because I wasn't adequately prepared. Nobody could have anticipated that Kamille could exert that much psychic pressure. If he didn't have that, it would've just turned into a shouting match and we would've parted peeved at each other.
If anything, you helped. You got him calmed and even I felt that as I faded. He's out there right now because you picked him up and got him to his feet. My only regret is that I'm not beside him in battle... And her... [he points at the screen as Caliburn is shown.] I want him to shoot that bitch down...
[Pausing at the door, Resnick is fascinated. He watches a few seconds, perplexed, before turning to run for a doctor. Before he's halfway down the hall though he hears the sign of Alexei waking up. He waits for him to get his bearings before speaking up.]
I-I-It w-woooould s-seem so. T-Though at le-e-east you were... p-p-put infirm throoooough a f-f-fight. I-I'd say I g-g-got the l-e-s-s desirable way t-t-to get i-injured...
It's impressive how much force a Newtype can hit you with without even touching you. Kamille and I got in a war of words for a brief time, but he pulled the kid gloves off and gave me a psychic sucker punch. He had issues at the time... he's better now.
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A computer...? And it's plugged into him? I guess we can communicate with him with this.
>REQUEST STATUS OF CONNECTED INDIVIDUAL
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[Cue obnoxious elevator music.]
COMPLETE. RANK 21 ALEXEI SORAS HAS SUFFERED A HEAVY CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE. SEVERAL AREAS OF THE BRAIN HAVE SUSTAINED MODERATE TO SEVERE DAMAGE. MANY COGNITIVE ABILITIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED ENTIRELY. THIS CONSOLE IS CURRENTLY RESTORING MENTAL PROCESSES AND IS 21% COMPLETE._
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>REQUEST ETA FOR RECOVERY OF RANK 21 "ALEXEI SORAS"
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This should be good...
[He counts down with the electronic voice.]
3, 2, 1...CLEAR!
Oi, Sleepin' Beauty!
3, 2, 1...CLEAR!
Wakey wakey...
3, 2, 1....CLEAR!
Adventus generals are gonna steal your machine!
[PRIME smirks as Alexei wakes up to this.]
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[He roughly grabs the AMS tether and rips it out of his neck.]
H-How long... h-have I be-eeen o-o-out?
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Apparently, you had an unfortunate accident with one of our resident psychics, and your brain was fried.
You got better.
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[He shakes his head, eyes refocusing.]
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Hello...? Alexei?
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...I should be out there...
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...how are they doing out there? [Sora peers at the screen, trying to keep an eye on things.]
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If anything, you helped. You got him calmed and even I felt that as I faded. He's out there right now because you picked him up and got him to his feet. My only regret is that I'm not beside him in battle... And her... [he points at the screen as Caliburn is shown.] I want him to shoot that bitch down...
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It seems our situations are reversed, quiaff?
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...w-what the hell does... q-quiaff mean?!
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[He's back in bed apparently, hooked back up to his computer and with a very irritated nurse looking over him.]
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