station72 | mental link, day 32

[ Sam crashed hard after the vigil, because between all the lies making him feel like he was going to puke and trying to pick them apart giving him one mother of a headache, staying awake felt like something you only do if you really hate yourself.

Do all newfound psychic powers suck this bad? He was fine with just flying and blowing things up, thanks. ]

( By the way, just figured everybody should know: Seong-Hye Ngazi is full of crap, the Public Safety Commission isn't half as gung-ho about bringing the bomber to justice as she makes it sound, and I'm like ninety percent she actually knows who did it, but that part I'm not quite positive about.

So, you know. In case anybody wanted to break into her office or stalk her or something. I hear some of you guys are actually good at the cloak and dagger stuff.

You're welcome. )

[ He can be found in the common area of the Bearings, scrolling through news reports and radiating pure frustration, if anyone would rather comment to his face instead of over the link. ]

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( He has access to what Sam said as much as any of us. How do you think he'll react to knowing we didn't utilize him in seeking out information? )

[There is a balance and counterbalance. It isn't that she disagrees: she just thinks it's a little more nuanced than leaving him out of everything.]

( He'll react like a superpowered toddler throwing a fit, but it'll be a fit at us, and he's not willing to kill any of us. )

[ not in the face of what it risks, at least. but Lexa seems to have made up her mind on it and he isn't going to fight about it. It is what it is, and she's right in that they can't keep him out of all of this. ]

( Just. Don't send him with just Petre, okay? And don't send him with anyone who hasn't handled him before. )

( I would never choose to send him and Petre together. They are both far too risky. It would be one or the other, but it has to be one of them. We've been too cautious when it comes to this. )

[But that is agreement all the same. What she doesn't mention is that she's trying to figure out how to direct Ren better, and withholding opportunities seems like a ripe away of ruining the foundation she's begun to build.]

( In that case, I'd say Ren over Petre. He's at least less likely to act like a moron. )

[ sorry, petre, but you're a brat and you act like a brat. ren's at least somewhat predictable, and won't offend people just by opening his mouth. ]

[Ren offends Lexa every time he opens his mouth, but it's less because of his social skills and more because he offends her specific sensibilities. She can at least admit that it's personal there.]

( We'll need to have Petre do something eventually. Otherwise, he may act like a moron to show us that he can do something. )

( You know, if they'd put 'babysitting petulant demon children' in the sales pitch for this thing, I might've told them to frak right off. )

[ there's a feeling of exasperation teamed with it, but also something of humor. yes, they have to manage petre, do damage control, etc etc. he's too old for this shit. ]

( Maybe something that involves a little bit less delicacy on his part. )

( Angel will be up to the task when she awakens. ) [Blind faith, as always. But she worries less about Petre than Kylo Ren.

The latter is far more powerful and is in a brood that seems to have a loose hold on him. Petre can be redirected.]

( I'll think up something. We do have a number of plans in motion. We can make him feel important soon enough. )

mental link, day 32

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