I’ve been here from the start and I don’t think there’s anything left I can contribute to curing the ghost matter sickness. If the powered healers want to try their hand at fixing it, I’ll support them. But if they don’t there’s not much point in staying.
[As far as he knows all the non-powered doctors had exhausted their knowledge and resources and come up empty, the only possible knew variable that could help is healing powers or magic.]
It's never a good thing when a government asks for that kind of registration. Especially not when that same government is hard at work manufacturing weapons that can kill the people they're asking to register.
[The mushrooms actually seemed to build a decent society for themselves.
He tosses the patch's wrapper and the cleansing wipe in the trash before going back to his bag to rummage around until he finds a small bottle of ibuprofen.]
[Daisy exhales slowly after inhaling too sharply.]
I’ve been to a lot of places, even before coming here. They either want what they don’t have, or they try to control it.
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Which now that I say it out loud, that could be said for a lot of things.
[She’s so tired of this, of being treated like this. Of others with powers going through the same thing, and she can’t do anything to help the people here who are already sick.]
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I’ve been here from the start and I don’t think there’s anything left I can contribute to curing the ghost matter sickness. If the powered healers want to try their hand at fixing it, I’ll support them. But if they don’t there’s not much point in staying.
[As far as he knows all the non-powered doctors had exhausted their knowledge and resources and come up empty, the only possible knew variable that could help is healing powers or magic.]
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That’s what I’ve been thinking too. As much as I wish we could help them, it’s really only left up to a few people and that’s not fair to them.
[Selfishly she’s hoping they’ll say yes, but she won’t blame them if they decline.]
I knew something was up with the whole registration process for those with powers.
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It's never a good thing when a government asks for that kind of registration. Especially not when that same government is hard at work manufacturing weapons that can kill the people they're asking to register.
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It’s the same bullshit on every planet.
[She’s beyond angry that all of these people are suffering because of him. Including children.]
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[The mushrooms actually seemed to build a decent society for themselves.
He tosses the patch's wrapper and the cleansing wipe in the trash before going back to his bag to rummage around until he finds a small bottle of ibuprofen.]
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[Daisy exhales slowly after inhaling too sharply.]
I’ve been to a lot of places, even before coming here. They either want what they don’t have, or they try to control it.
[…]
Which now that I say it out loud, that could be said for a lot of things.
[She’s so tired of this, of being treated like this. Of others with powers going through the same thing, and she can’t do anything to help the people here who are already sick.]
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[He offers her the bottle of pills.]
Or both.
[More often it’s probably both.]
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Let’s go with both.
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A lollipop.
He holds it out to her, looking faintly amused.]
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Thanks. Do you always have these on you?
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[Advice about adults appreciating candy as much as kids. So far it seems to be true.]
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[Either way, she's not offended. Pulling the wrapper off she pops it in her mouth. It's been a long time she's had a lollipop.]
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[Though if she'd taken it as a dig, he might not have tried to convince her otherwise because he's weird like that.]
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You got any more of those in there?
[Look, she barely ate at the event, and who knows how long they'll be debating on what to do.]