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[ "friend" isn't big enough a word to capture everything johnny is to dutch. her best friend, yes. her gravity, her moral compass, her centre. platonic life partner, too. ]

he's back in stasis

[enarms]

[ christ. what? John's not heard of this happening before, at least not directly. rumours, maybe, but none he'd ever known to pay attention to.

God. that's rough. for a person to be there and then just disappear - stasis isn't death, but it's not the promise of imminent life either. ]

I'm sorry

Didn't know that happened

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[ stasis isn't death, but johnny's still gone, not here. not around. he'd left before and dutch had managed, but at the time she'd had d'avin and she'd had a war to prepare for.

right now, she feels more adrift than she has in a long time. ]

now you do

[enarms]

Yeah

[ and he doesn't need to ask again if she's alright: she's told him. said everything she needs to

he doesn't know what he'd do in this situation. he's been coping fine because the only promises he has are sleeping bodies in pods, but if one of them - one of them in particular - were to wake, and then be put away again? he wouldn't be in a good place, that's one thing he can assume. ]

I'm around. Haven't got the time to drink but anything else, I can make time

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[ dutch certainly isn't in a good place. copious amounts of alcohol help, but — it's a temporary fix and even she knows that. ]

i got the drinking covered

[enarms]

[ he's not even going to reprimand her: it's exactly what he'd do, and he knows it. ]

Just don't go too mad. Alcohol isn't going to help you avoid catching this thing

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says you

[ she's damn well going to try avoiding it for as long as possible. ]

[enarms]

Yes, says me, a doctor

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that just means you can fix me up if i go overboard

[enarms]

I don't know if or when I'm going to be able to fix this one. Anything else, fine, just don't get infected. Alright?

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wasn't planning on it

[enarms]

Obviously not but I mean it. Don't get so wasted you don't know to avoid the person wiping their nose a little too often

[ he can and will be respectful of her grief, but only up until the point where it potentially endangers her life ]

[motivation]

[ it's what she needs to hear. and maybe it makes her want to punch something (him) first, but after a few deep breaths and another long pull from her whiskey bottle, it actually makes her feel a little better.

someone gives a shit. ]

promise i won't