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[livingdeadgirl]

[ Ami comes onscreen looking very worried. Kieran looks really out of it, so it's pretty obvious he's not well even before he says anything... She nods at his question. ]

Yeah, I'm fine! I'm safe. Where are you? Are you okay? - You didn't touch any of that stuff, did you?

[sleepyhollowed]

Touch it? Nah.

[Breathe it in? That's a different story.]

Someone I never met before found me and the horses. We're headin' somewhere else, now.

...I think.

[He pauses, asks Qubit if they're there yet, and then turns back to Ami on the screen.]

...Between you and me? He ain't very nice.

[livingdeadgirl]

[ She catches only a glimpse - somebody in a hazmat suit? If he's not nice then it can't be Peter... Not like she knows everyone on the station, though, obviously. ]

I'm sure he's just trying to help. [ She's not sure, exactly, but it seems that way? ] Are you going to the medbay? You seem kinda...

[sleepyhollowed]

I dunno where we're goin'. He said it's better than here, though.

[The view shifts, showing brief images of horse snouts and worn-in denim, as Kieran adjusts his grip on the communicator.]

Hope there's room for the horses. I gotta take care of 'em. S'all I'm good at.

[livingdeadgirl]

That's not true, you are also a dab hand at OJ theft. [ She chuckles. ] Just stay safe, okay? And don't touch the fungus!

[sleepyhollowed]

[What is this? Actual encouragement? My goodness...!]

[Kieran smiles and nods.]

Yeah, sure! Don't worry. I won't touch anything.

You keep safe, too.

...

Don't talk to strangers.

[livingdeadgirl]

Kieran, that is literally how we met.

[sleepyhollowed]

And then we stole that juice from the poor bartender!

[Which is way funnier than it should be. Give him a second to stop laughing.]

[Okay, we good.]

That's what happens when you talk to strangers! You start... you start robbin' folks. Next thing you know, you're all roped up in a gang and then yer all runnin' from the law.

[livingdeadgirl]

[ She just thinks he's joking, of course. ]

Or worse - you end up playing Dungeons and Dragons!

[sleepyhollowed]

[Of course. This is all one VERY FUNNY JOKE.]

[Kieran doesn't respond for a bit. His brow furrows in confusion, and he glances to the side. It takes just a moment for him to return his focus to the device.]

I... do not know what that is, Miss Ami.

[livingdeadgirl]

[ She laughs. ] It's a pretend game. I'll teach you sometime. [ Assuming she can dig up a sourcebook, anyway. ]

[sleepyhollowed]

Okay.

[He fiddles with the device a little more.]

Once everything's put right, we'll get back to fishing lessons and game lessons.

[livingdeadgirl]

That's the spirit. Hang in there, dude.