Sable's Experiences

[Toaster]

July 3, 827 A.S.

[22:00:05] Connecting to neural network...

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[22:00:15] Call started.

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???: Hey, Olivia!

Olivia: Hey, Uncle Will. I hope I'm not catching you at a bad time.

Uncle Will: No, no! Not at all! I'm just waiting for dinner to finish cooking. What's up?

Olivia: Not much... I just thought I'd give you a call. See how you're doing.

Uncle Will: Oh, that's sweet of you. Well, we're doing great! Slowly getting acclimated to the new place. And to living on an actual planet, too. *laughter*

Olivia: Yeah, I bet that's gotta be a bit strange...

Uncle Will: Ah, it's great. We'll figure it out in no time!

Olivia: How's... how's Mom?

Uncle Will: Hmm... Well, she's alright, I think. She was a little restless the past couple nights, but I guess that's just her getting used to her new home.

Olivia: Have you taken her outside? Maybe some fresh-

Uncle Will: No, we haven't gone outside yet. I think she should take things slowly, first. It's a big change, after all.

Olivia: Yeah... yeah, you're right.

Uncle Will: How are you doing?

Olivia: ...

Olivia: Huh? Oh, I'm fine. You know, the same old same old.

Uncle Will: *laughter* I doubt anything's ever the same out there! You're keeping safe, right? Not doing anything too dangerous?

Olivia: ...

Olivia: *distractedly* Yeah, sure. Of course not.

Uncle Will: ...

Uncle Will: Are you sure you're alright? Sounds like you've got something on your mind.

Olivia: ...

Olivia: It's... it's nothing.

Uncle Will: Come now, Olivia. *chuckling* You know better than to keep secrets from your ol' uncle.

Olivia: It's...

Olivia: Do you remember that friend I told you about?

Uncle Will: The one in the LPI?

Olivia: Yeah.

Uncle Will: Of course! That was the first time you'd ever called someone a friend in years!

Olivia: Yeah... it was.

Uncle Will: ...

Uncle Will: Did something happen?

Olivia: No. Well. Yeah. She...

Olivia: She almost got herself killed again.

Uncle Will: ...

Olivia: We were just out in space, talking. Just having a good time. *angrily* And out of nowhere some ship shows up and she chases after it and opens up on it. And there was this fucking agent who just sat by and watched instead of helping her and I knew she wouldn't want me to jump in either and...

Uncle Will: ...

Olivia: And she got herself fucking spaced. The agent didn't do shit and all I did was sit there and watch.

Uncle Will: But is she-...

Olivia: And then... And then she fucking skips any sort of medical check up, hops into that fucking cruiser of hers, and gets tied up in another firefight right away! It's like she has a fucking death wish and there's jack shit I can do.

Uncle Will: Olivia-...

Olivia: *hysterically* And I can't do that! I can't let her get herself killed!

Uncle Will: Olivia, as long as you have her back-...

Olivia: I don't! I can't! She's not Robert! I can't be around her all the time! And even if I could... what fucking good would that do? What good did that do Rob?

Uncle Will: Olivia-...

Olivia: She's the first person I've let myself get close to in forever and I can't...

Uncle Will: Olivia, listen.

Olivia: I can't let Rob happen again...

Uncle Will: Olivia! Listen to me.

Olivia: ...

Uncle Will: I know I've told you this a thousand times already, but: Robert wasn't your fault. You can't go on blaming yourself for that forever.

Olivia: It was my job to watch over him. It's the one thing Mom asked of me every time we headed out.

Uncle Will: There was no way you could have seen it coming. It's not your fault.

Olivia: ...

Olivia: Mom disagreed.

Uncle Will: Your mother... Your mother wasn't herself. That wasn't her who said those things to you. She was just... She was grieving. We all were.

Olivia: ...

Olivia: I just can't believe that there was nothing I could have done. And now, with her... She's my friend, Uncle Will. My friend. If something happens to her...

Uncle Will: If. From the way you described her, she sounded pretty capable. After all, she's a police lieutenant.

Olivia: She's just a little girl. Hardly any older than I was when-...

Uncle Will: She'll be fine. More importantly, you'll be fine. Right?

Olivia: ...

Uncle Will: Right, Olivia?

Olivia: ...

Uncle Will: ...

Uncle Will: *sighing* Hey, why don't you come for a visit soon? Now that we're here, you can come see us any time!

Olivia: Uncle-...

Uncle Will: Hell, you could even live with us. I'm sure your mother would-...

Olivia: No.

Uncle Will: ...

Uncle Will: Alright, but do come for a visit. I miss you. And your mother does, too. A lot. Even if she can't always show it.

Olivia: ...

Uncle Will: Promise you'll come by?

Olivia: Yeah. Yeah, I promise.

Uncle Will: Alright, great! Hey, dinner's almost done and your mother's getting hungry. I need to get back to it.

Olivia: Okay, Uncle Will. Thanks for the talk. Sorry if I-...

Uncle Will: Hey, don't sweat it. Just take it easy. Try... try not to worry so much. Everything'll be fine, alright?

Olivia: Yeah. Alright.

Uncle Will: Okay, we'll talk again soon, yeah? We love you, Olivia!

Olivia: Love you, too.

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[22:10:24] Call ended.

[22:10:38] Disconnecting from neural network...

[22:10:40] Disconnected.