Gregor

[rosebleed]

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[rosebleed]

[Their grievances will tangle then. She's also stymied and loathing it, and squashing down a burbling grief.]

You're going to take their word on it? [She begins to pull on him, leading away.] Come with me. Let's try to get these doors unlocked.

[verminous]

Now, I never said that.

[they're basically company reps if they're superiors-- of course they'd tell them what's easier to hear. they'll tell them life support's totally working even if they know it's going to fail. that's how it works.]

Wait, where are you-- nobody could get these things open last night, I don't know what you think we're gonna do about it...

[rosebleed]

[There's a sharp lash of a fiery ire. Some brand of indignation but spurred from somewhere deep and tender.]

Well, somebody's got to do something!

[verminous]

[...ah. it's a familiar sort of fire. the same kind he thinks don quixote might have had in her when she sprang into action to defend someone else, futile as it was.

...]

We can try. Just don't expect anything from it.

just putting a cap on things

[rosebleed]

[The flare fades. She blows out a breath, just like told her to before. Rosamund nods grimly, firm in her cause.]

I understand. But if we don't try, we'll never know.

[She'll lead the way from there.]