Library [02/09]

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Rory wandered in earlier than usual in spite of what time this post is actually going up, and curled up at the desk with a notebook full of handwritten, highlighted notes as well as her laptop.

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Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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"Hi!" Rory says, not bothering to close that tab since it's Aeryn.

Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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"Hi," she says back, giving her a little smile in greeting. "I thought I'd come to see how you're doing."

She's honest.

Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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"I'm okay," she says, and it's clearly not true, but she's trying. "How're you?"

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"Good," she says, but she's still watching her. "You're sure about that?"

Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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"I'm not great, but okay," Rory says with a nod. "Kind of had trouble sleeping lately, but it's not a big deal."

Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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"Dreams?" she guesses. She's never had that problem but knows John has.

Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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She nods. "And I have a really active imagination."

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Aeryn frowns, and she almost doesn't want to know the answer. "What are you imagining?"

Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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She looks around and lowers her voice. "How he ended up in the suit. What his life was like before that - with her. What'll happen if we fail at this. I spend a lot of time remembering, too. It's not good."

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"Are you still at least going out, doing other things?" she asks, still frowning. "Anything to get your mind off of this?"

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"I read," she says, shrugging. "I go to class. My letters from colleges should be coming any day now."

Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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"And I hope that goes well," she says. "You know, you take something like this on, and you need to have some sort of balance. Otherwise you're going to make yourself sick. Or drive yourself mad. Whichever comes first."

Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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"Maybe we'll get him to turn around first," she suggests.

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"Perhaps. But there's no time frame on this and you need to take care of yourself first," Aeryn points out.

Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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"I sleep when I'm too tired to dream," she tells her. "Are you holding up okay? Seriously?"

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"I am," she says honestly. "I'm... really quite fine about it all. Maybe I've just gotten used to it."

Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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"Wish I could," Rory says with a little smile. "So, you're not my neighbor anymore."

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Aeryn smiles back. She kind of can't help it. "I didn't spend much time there anyway. It's only a bit further down the hall."

Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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"It was usually the first place I looked for you," she admits, nodding and actually smiling.

Re: Period 4 [02/09]

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"Sixty microts in the room and he was making me decorate," she says. Okay, this is about as close to giddy as Aeryn gets. Which seems like normal Aeryn unless you really know her.

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And now Rory's really smiling. "Decorate?"

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"I had some pictures that he insisted go up immediately," she explains. "I had him do half the work."

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"Which pictures?" she asks curiously.

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"All to do with space, actually," she says. "A few posters he gave me, some pictures from Anakin and Isabel."

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She nods. "That makes sense. Do you miss it? Space in general, I mean."