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[video] Enter the Fanboy

[The video feed pops on, to a slightly breathless sounding voice and a worried pair of blue optics.]

...must have gotten knocked out.

Perceptor? Verity? Springer? A-anyone?

[He tries to make his voice sound a little calmer, a little less unnerved. ]

I'm okay. Something must've, uh, hit me on the head or something.

[Not, you know, the passing out thing. Of course not]

Tell me it's over.

Tell me...we won.

...

Tell me I'm not alone.

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I did.

It wasn't how I thought it was going to be. I didn't even do my part.

It's never how it sounds in the reports, on the feeds.

You did your part, Ironfist, and then plenty more. I am glad that we had you with us, and what happened after... It seemed so avoidable.

Do you still have the bullet in your helm?

But you knew that. Or you figured it out better than I did.

_{Yes. Of course.}

When... I am recovered, I would appreciate it if you would allow me to examine it.

Perceptor. There's nothing you can do to fix it.

[A soft noise.]

If you want. But it won't help.

I want to try. We've both seen enough needless death, we don't need another.

[A pause. Is it better to give Perceptor the hope that he could maybe do something and then watch that be crushed or to just not go there at all.]

[No, despite Aeqitas, there needed to be hope. At least for Perceptor, for what he'd done. Ironfist owed him.]

All right. When you're up for it.

Thank you.

[ There's a tiny pause, then: ]

Have you found living arrangements yet? It appears those who do not awaken in a temple are not automatically assigned room and board.

I...uh I hadn't even thought of that.

Guess I got used to Kimia: all that stuff being taken care of.

...i-is that not normal? Do you have a room?

I do. Prior to the recent rush of arrivals, we were issued a room in our corresponding temple upon arrival.

As I will be confined to the medbay for an indefinite period, you are welcome to my quarters in Liege Maximo's temple, if you wish.

Corresponding temple?

[This sounds like some adventure story. ]

...I could visit you in the medbay?

[Lonely? Ironfist? Yep.]

Earlier arrivals awoke in one of the temples, rather than the junk pile. Our lodgings are in these temples, although there does not appear to be anything else binding us to a given location.

...Ah. You could, if you wish.

[ He isn't exactly in the best of shape to be entertaining, but he's not about to say no. ]

I wonder why we're different.

...unless I'm dead or something. [Always full of cheerful thoughts.]

I'd like to. We could maybe...talk.

With any luck the Firstforged will come forward with some explanation as to why the arrival patterns have altered so dramatically.

[ There's the smallest of pauses, then; ]

I would like that, Ironfist.

[ He's being honest. While part of Perceptor is ashamed of his current state, a much more vocal part of him is desperate for some stimulation beyond what the medbay routine offers. ]

Who are they? Did they bring us here?

_{Why would they pick me, though?}

I will! [That's the closest he's sounded to happy since he got here.]

Do you need me to bring anything? Or something?

They are the entities responsible for the Haven. As far as I am aware, they have no control over who or what comes through the Lambda.

I do not require you to bring anything. All I can really ask for these days is company.

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