»EXTRNL: “Trouble”

[Imogen Jau]

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Dr. Harlow... it has a bit of a ring to it, huh?

She lets out a bit of a forced laugh, amused by the formality but clearly not able to clear her mind from the circumstances.

I like "SOMNAMBULIST", but assuming we get the results we want from this, I'd like to use that for a follow-up.

I'm glad you're alright. It's some dangerous stuff we've gotten ourselves wrapped up in, here. I wouldn't mind coming to Pygar with you, unless you think I'd be a liability—I don't have any experience with caves—but I don't want to impose. Whatever happened recently, it brings me great joy that you're in one piece after it. You know I'm here for you the same as you've been for me, for all of us really, but there's no rush to share the tale.

Raven hasn't brought up the project at all. If you can believe it, her episodes have been getting more frequent, and at this point I'm starting to wonder if maybe Wolf's impulses aren't so disproportionate. But so long as there's any chance that we can help keep her and the rest of us safe, I'm going to work under a "forgiveness over permission" model. No great venture was ever without its perils.

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