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[abetterway]

Apparently congratulations are in order.

Well done, you've chosen a face and cut it into pictures.

Now, if you don't mind, I really do have work to be doing.

Comments

[wedonot]

Don't sound too excited.

[abetterway]

I can't say I'm particular thrilled about where this is leading.

[wedonot]

I suppose I can't hold that against you.

[abetterway]

[Her lips quirk, just slightly.] I assure you, I'm not always in such a wretched mood.

[wedonot]

And again, I can't hold it against you. This sort of thing has the unfortunate tendency to bring out the less pleasant parts of our personalities.

[abetterway]

Clearly, the solution is to dump the lot of us into close quarters. [She's more wryly amused than irritated, now.]

[wedonot]

What could possibly go wrong?

[abetterway]

Introducing the ever-looming threat of death and violence will, obviously, only benefit things.

[wedonot]

Of course. And we're foolish to think otherwise.

[abetterway]

Oh, we're absolute killjoys. [A beat.] Granted, people tend to call me that anyway. [SCIENCE IS MORE INTERESTING THAN DANCING]

[wedonot]

They just don't appreciate science the way we do.

[abetterway]

Tragic, really.

[wedonot]

It is. Ah well, more for us, I suppose.

[abetterway]

Always a silver lining, hmm?

[eisenhardt]

She stopped at six. You're fortunate.

[abetterway]

Only because they're absurdly fussy, but I suppose that's fortunate.

[femshep]

Gotta admit, it could've been worse.

[abetterway]

[Her expression softens.]

It can always be worse.

How are you, Commander Shepard?

[femshep]

Spent the last year sitting back with my thumb up my ass, how the hell do you think I am? [ GRUMBLE GRUMBLE. Sorry, Jocelyn. She's a little stir-crazy, by now.

Her tone softens a little, though. This is a friend, after all. ]

How about you? A new face is a good sign, I take it.