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[He's got a few people to call, so he'll start with the one he was on fair terms with -- well, until what happened happened.

Oh hey, she does have a last name after all.]

Mrs. Prochainezo? I was hoping I could speak to you at some point.

[At the moment she's glad Firo isn't within hearing range when she gets this message, otherwise she can imagine how that would've gone.

[Sigh. Better to nip the misconception in the bud:] That's miss. Am not married to him.

[Clearly that's more important than the whole "need to talk" thing.]

Ah. My, er. Apologies. I wasn't aware you two were related until just now. Not that that, ah... makes things any better.

["We're not related" is what almost comes out, but that isn't right, either.]

We're family. [That's more like it.]

And no, can't say that it does make things any better.

[For Carlisle, that is, considering what he did to her family.]

Yes. Right.

[Just have a long pause, Rey. That's him on the other side, trying to gather his thoughts -- as though he hasn't had plenty of time for that.]

I want to apologize for what happened. I'm sorry.

[It's okay. She's patient.

[When he does speak, she just huffs.]

Am not the one you should be apologizing to. [After all, it was Firo and AJ that Carlisle had put in harm's way. Rey just happened to have showed up at the most convenient moment before things really could've gotten bloody.

[Have a pause on her end as well.] You said that you didn't want to do it, right?

It's not something that's easily controlled, unfortunately.

I haven't yet had the chance to call the others. Even so, I should offer to make amends to all three of you.

[Rey would be a hypocrite if she got on his case about not being able to control it, as she has been in a similar situation herself. Still, she can't help but feel something boiling.]

If you put my family in danger like that again, or cause them any sort of harm, I'll slit your throat in your sleep. [There's a moment when emotion slips into her tones. The monotone is gone, replaced by something dangerous.]

...

[And we're back to your regularly scheduled "robot":] You should also call the others.

[That threat apparently hit home, as he sounds shaken when he responds.]

I will, but note that it's not my intention to throw them into danger idly.

[And it looks like he got some gumption somewhere.]

... So I'd appreciate it if you kept the threats to yourself. I've had enough of them in my lifetime.

[Probably not the best time to stand up for himself, but he'll learn.]

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Whether it was your intention or not, it still happened. You need to get a handle on that shit.

And it isn't a threat -- it's a warning. [Aren't those two words synonymous? Not to Rey. One seems to have more weight than the other, in her most humble opinion.] Am going to give you a benefit of the doubt. Just this once.

[Don't waste it, bro.]

[There's an audible sigh on his end. That'd be him reminding himself he's in the wrong here, and thus needs to cool it.]

Noted.

I am still to make amends to you. What can I do to help right this?

[As far as Rey is concerned, people make threats when they don't intend to follow through with them. What she gave just then was more of a promise than anything else.

[Sorry, Carlisle. She's very serious when it comes to her family.

[She stops and thinks about his query. She's not very good at this sort of thing.]

Just don't do it again. [No, wait. There is something...] Could also use some help with investigating the ship at some point. After the jump, of course.

[She'd rather not ask Firo or Muscovy to come along and have to worry about them.]

[The ship. Why the ship? Why did it have to be the ship?]

Of course. When you need me, let me know, and I will aid you in any way I can.

[He's been avoiding the thought of exploring it further, trying to ignore that nagging feeling at the back of his mind that he should go back there... and yet, here he is, agreeing to go there again.

He has amends to make, despite his reservations.]

Appreciate it. [No, really. She does.

[There's a long moment of silence, and it almost seems like she's hung up just then, until:]

Wasn't actually going to throw you into the fire.

Just so you know.

[He was wondering if she had hung up on him, but apparently not.]

I cannot say I'd have blamed you too harshly if you had, but I appreciate that you didn't. A dead man cannot make amends for his sins.

Compelling people to put their lives at risk for you isn't a sin -- it's called a shitty thing to do.

[Sure, her brother would beg to differ. "Thou shalt not kill" and all that. But pretty sure that even his religion doesn't cover the cause and effects of mind control.]

It is both where I come from. And more.

Then why do you do it?

[He hesitates before answering.]

Because what awaits me after death is worse.

What, you think you're going to Hell or something?

[People put too much stock in the afterlife, in Rey's opinion. She already knows where she's going when she dies, because she's been to that dark nothing numerous times. While yes, there's no paradise to look forward to, she can at least say there's no such eternal damnation awaiting her, either, which would've been the more likely prospect anyway.]

[More hesitation. He does not want to talk about this, but is well aware he put himself in this position by wronging her and her ~~husband~~ ~~brother?~~ family in the first place.]

I am damned to an existence of purposeless wandering. There is no rest for the weary, nor the wicked.

How is that much different from the existence you're living now?

[They're all pretty much purposeless here, save for struggling to survive on this planet. If you can consider that much of a purpose.]

I have purpose as long as I am alive, but... [There's a quiet, rueful laugh on his end.] I do see your point.

Hm. Can see yours as well.

[His point, that is. One definitely has more of a purpose alive than dead.]

And as long as I am alive, I can make amends.

I'll call the others, and be ready for when you'd like to head into the ship, then?

You do that. [On pretty much all counts.]

Right. Okay.

[Hanging up now, before he says anything that digs that hole deeper. Click.]

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She just loves her fam, man.

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