mental link, v important questions;

[narcissithstic]

(Tell me, have any of you spoken to Cathaway within the last two months.)

[The newer Hosts are the most likely suspects, but perhaps through the link—

Perhaps he feels nothing not because of distance, but because she's chosen to keep him locked out. The possibility is a nagging itch at the base of his skull; he'd rather know for certain.]

Comments

[decommission]

[ you are so embarrassing ]

( You get the answer you needed? )

[ He's asked the new kids similar questions, though he'd been trying to get a feel for how much of an introduction they'd gotten before their trip down. Not exactly the same reasons Ren's asking. ]

[narcissithstic]

[That's 'Mommy's Special Boy' to you, Rogers.]

(No.

But I can wait.) [However long it takes, whatever it steals from him, for her— and himself— he'll endure.] (We will not fail the Nest again.)

[decommission]

[ ... ]

( We won't fail ourselves. )

[narcissithstic]

(There is no difference.)

[Pointed, but not barbed: he doesn't intend to wound, only make a point.]

[decommission]

[ Steve will stubbornly hold on to the difference.

He leaves the conversation there. ]