( mental link ) day :041

[iuno]

[ some number of hours after the announcement about the decision they have to make — return to the Station or stay on Hyrypia — there's a restless feeling that hums along the Nest connection for a good few minutes before Juno actually speaks. a sensation like drumming your fingers along a surface; starting to speak and changing your mind. starting— ]

( So. ) [ a pause. nearly vibrating with that strange, jittery impatience. ] ( Who's going where? )

[ he plainly doesn't care, and it's not a social question. but he thinks it would be good to know who to expect to be around on one side or the other. ]

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[iuno]

( That's the spirit. I think. )

[ he has no idea. he's never bothered to be any good at deception, and she's already showing way more restraint and foresight than he ever did as a teenager. ]

( To be honest, I'm more of a "shoot first, ask questions when everyone's incapacitated" kind of lady. )

[redheadcarrier]

( You're not any kind of lady. )

[ She's a bit dry, there. ]

( Ugh - yeah. I do better with action. Not waiting around. I keep feeling like I'm going to jump out of my skin, but it'd probably be even worse on the Station. )

[iuno]

( Uh. Harsh? ) [ he's not being sarcastic -- he's genuinely baffled by her saying that. he isn't even sure what she means by it. ] ( I've had plenty of people tell me I'm not all that ladylike for a lady, but that's a new one. )

[ that feeling like she's going to jump out of her skin, though. that's common ground for sure. ]

( I'd say to hope we're well shut of it soon, but I've never seen hope make a difference in anything. )

[redheadcarrier]

( You're a guy- )

[ That's not really the point of this conversation, though. And she's not going to question what he calls himself. She gives off a mental shrug and tries to settle herself.

She is way too used to this whole mind chat thing now. It's weird. ]

( Hope just disappoints you. )

[iuno]

[ he's still confused by her thinking he's a guy -- at least in the sense of "not a lady" -- but he lets it slide when she noticeably drops the subject, mostly because it just doesn't happen in the galaxy he knows. people are too busy clawing their way up the ladder to argue about gender. ]

( See? You're already a step ahead. Just make sure you keep any idealists down there in line. )

[ he means you, bakugo. with your heroism and your friendship speeches. ]

[redheadcarrier]

[ Idealists. She doesn't know what to do about them. She wants to so her beat, she really does, but people who insist on attaching too many rules - she's not sure how she feels about them. She'd rather win, honestly, instead of take the moral high ground. At least now, anyway. ]

( We'll see if any of them actually listen to me... )