mental link, day...36? sure.

[headinjuries]

[ Technically, it came up a few days ago, but Sam's been letting something bounce around in his head to see if the possibility gets less troublesome after he sleeps on it. And sleeps on it a couple more times.

or he's just saying it late so the newbies can hear it too, w/e

It's not getting any less freaky. So, out of left field: ]

( So if aliens can hack our emotions, do we...actually know they can't mess with everything else? Memories? Are we actually who we think we are?

What if there is no spoon? )

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[sizeofyourbaggage]

( I was pararescue, and I'm still a paramedic. Probably wouldn't find it as boring as you think. )

[ But he's not gonna push, even if part of him is curious to see how his ability might handle something that isn't a recent injury or fatigue from not sleeping. And it doesn't mean he isn't still a little concerned. ]

( Just be careful when it comes to messing around with the dose or mixing it with other things, all right? )

[vocalis]

Oh... okay. Why?

[ Asks the guy who has literally swallowed unknown handfuls of pills at a time and has never experienced any drawbacks or negative side effects from doing this whatsoever. ]

[sizeofyourbaggage]

[ ...oh that's a scary question to get in response to that. A little bit more concern bleeds through the mental link. ]

( There's a reason for the dose, and it's usually because going over it can cause a lot of nasty side effects and be real dangerous. Same thing for mixing it with other drugs, the ingredients in them tend to react together in not great ways. )

[vocalis]

Oooh... really?

[ This isn't really the first time he's heard this, but it's been a long enough time and... well, he's gotten so used to abusing his dosage, he's forgotten. Granny's not around to nag him anymore. ]

Well, I haven't mixed my headache medication with anything else, but... I have taken, uh... a lot before. I've never had anything bad happen, though. Except for running out.

[ Granny had given him something she said was stronger right before he was brought to the Nest. He went through an entire bottle of it's replication - a month's supply - before their shorter first mission was over. ]

[sizeofyourbaggage]

[ Yeah, that's even less encouraging. ]

( Doesn't mean it won't happen. )

[ Or that there haven't already been some kind of side effects building up, but Sam doesn't want to imply that. For all he knows, these pills could actually be some kind of magic. ...or fake. But still. ]

( You sure you don't want me to at least take a look? You'd be doing me a favor, I'm trying to figure out how my symbiote ability works. )

[vocalis]

[ The frequency of his aching mind hums in and out as he considers. He'd been to so many doctors before, and none of them found anything wrong. Cathaway is supposed to run a few tests on the station to try and find what they couldn't, but at the rate this mission is going that could take several more months. And if it's mutually beneficial for Sam... ]

Well... okay, yes. I did just take some more medicine, but... I'll come to you when I get another headache instead. Would that be alright?

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( Hell yeah, man, whenever you need. Don't worry about time, odds are I'll be awake. )

[ He means that genuinely, and he lets that seep through the connection before he pulls back, closing it off. ]