sometime after day 5

[sizeofyourbaggage]

[ Sam’s never really reached out to the Nest in general like this before, but at this point - well, he’s running out of options. The work he’s done on his mental walls has paid off, and nothing escapes his thick cloud layer except his words, and the soft hint of wind and feathers that flavors his mental link. ]

( Seems like we got a bit of down time, and I’m looking to put it to good use. I’m getting better with my symbiote ability, but I need someone who’ll let me practice it with them.

Simple explanation is that it’s healing, with a side effect that means it’s gonna hurt. Most likely for me. I can get into specifics if you’re up for it. ) [ If it doesn’t bother them or they’re willing to overlook that it means Sam getting hurt, he means, but seeing as he’s communicating with the Nest in general, he’s not gonna say that.

He already knows more than who person who is bothered by it and never seems willing to let Sam use it on them. ]

( I’ll take as many as I can get, more training can’t hurt. )

Comments

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( Not unless the symbiote counts as magic. )

[ He's not sure it doesn't, but that's beside the point. Sam lets his curiosity around that trickle out through the mental link. ]

( What'd you have in mind? )

[miscreant]

[She pulls back when she feels his curiosity brush against her -- as much as she's able to without severing her conversation with him. Offering up a weakness was not something she trusted the collective with just yet.]

( To heal, you must possess an injury. )

[Its hard for Seviilia not to sense that there are other minds surrounding this topic, and that one or two of them won't like what she has to say.]

( Perhaps this is better explained in person. Your abilities, and my own. )

[sizeofyourbaggage]

[ More than fair enough, and Sam isn't the type to push when someone clearly doesn't want to share. He pulls back himself, withdrawing the question implied by the curiosity.

It's replaced with agreement quickly enough. After that first comment - yeah, Sam's definitely going to bet this is a conversation better had in private. ]

( Where should I meet you? )

[miscreant]

( My quarters are not particularly hospitable to the living. I will find you. )

[And the probing presence of her mind is like a sharp needle -- inexperienced with this connection, but clearly knowledgeable on how to navigate a hivemind.]