[ A flicker of confusion, then quiet. An image comes into focus - a small, closet of a room, just enough space for a small cot and a mat on the floor. ]
(My friend arrived from the Station.) [ By friend there's an understanding that he means from home, back on his Earth. ]
(He can't stay at the Bearings.) [ Can't might be interchanged with won't. ]
[ Contemplation, letting her mind take in all the context of this response, the suggestion of a thread that leads to another Host, one whose mind flows in strange patterns, strange noises. The pain that strangeness causes her broodmate. ]
[ With anyone else he might've been defensive over the suggestion that there's something wrong with Bucky. With Ilde there's none of that, only weary acknowledgement. He doesn't believe his friend's a danger to anyone in the Nest, not directly, but there are consequences for their actions - and Bucky's have tended toward violent. ]
(I will.) [ He's going to try to coax Bucky back to the Bearings, it's just going to take some time. ]
[ She tries to keep the tone of that very neutral, not attempting to suggest Steve is incapable, merely sticking to the agreement the brood had made about not handling everything alone... ]
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( My friend arrived from the Station. ) [ By friend there's an understanding that he means from home, back on his Earth. ]
( He can't stay at the Bearings. ) [ Can't might be interchanged with won't. ]
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( Your friend is not well. )
[ Is that too blunt? She wouldn't know. ]
( Will you be alright? )
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[ With anyone else he might've been defensive over the suggestion that there's something wrong with Bucky. With Ilde there's none of that, only weary acknowledgement. He doesn't believe his friend's a danger to anyone in the Nest, not directly, but there are consequences for their actions - and Bucky's have tended toward violent. ]
( I will. ) [ He's going to try to coax Bucky back to the Bearings, it's just going to take some time. ]
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[ She tries to keep the tone of that very neutral, not attempting to suggest Steve is incapable, merely sticking to the agreement the brood had made about not handling everything alone... ]
( I could bring you dinner, one evening. )
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[ There's a wisp of humor to the next part. ]
( Might be better if I stop by the Bearings to eat instead. I'll be around tomorrow. )
[ His current accommodations are... small. ]
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[ She's not a big fan of telling Steve what to do. ]
( And I hope Sam behaved himself. )
[ Did he make anyone cry? Maybe possibly the slightest nuance of humor herself. ]
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[ There's only so much washing up his can do in the bathroom at the diner. ]
( He was fine. )
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[ Aka your wait for the shower might be a whilllle. ]
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[ Not that they're numbers were ever that big, especially now when people keep falling under. ]
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[ can't wait to meet that bitch parker later. ]
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