aaldana 002.

[adrii]

DOMINGO, NIKOLA, PHILIP.

I am going to be on the ground starting tomorrow for two or three days. I am currently going alone, which Domingo and Nikola disagree with. I am grudgingly open to suggestions on how to increase my security to ease unnecessary worries without an escort.

EVA.

I'm going down to see Mamá tomorrow and will be gone for a few days.

RONEN - after he's agreed to an escort.

I'll be gone for a few days. You're in charge. Don't make me regret it.

Comments

ADNP.

[philiip]

We have Espionage and Ground Force and Supplies for that.

ADNP.

[adrii]

The research is with Alba, Philip.

ADNP.

[philiip]

We have Espionage. And Ground Force. For retrievals like this.

ADNP.

[adrii]

I also need to see if she's signed the divorce paperwork. I'm not having someone else do that.

ADNP.

[philiip]

Espionage.

Ground Force.

ADNP.

[adrii]

Fine. I'm now Espionage. Better?

ADNP.

[philiip]

This is asinine.

ADNP.

[adrii]

This whole argument is asinine. I'm an adult. I should be allowed to leave the ship and take care of my own business.

ADNP.

[philiip]

You know I hate repeating what's already been said, but since I've already done it three tim, might as well continue.

This is an asinine course of action considering your history, your inexperience with acting Veiled, and the knowledge that supposedly exists in that head of yours.

Going at all is stupid. Going alone makes me question your IQ. Did you have a stroke yesterday that's only just declaring itself? And why am I only hearing about this now?

ADNP.

[adrii]

You're hearing about it now because Nikola made me promise to tell you after I told him because I stupidly decided to trust Domingo. My original intention was to inform the two of you after I got back.

How can I convince you that it is safe for me to go alone?

ADNP.

[philiip]

You can't.

I have to take the pilots out for a training exercise, so you have until I get back to come up with a different plan.

ADNP.

[adrii]

You are being ridiculous.

ADNP.

[philiip]

Three, maybe more, people are telling you this is stupid.

Recalibrate.

ADNP.

[adrii]

Four. I told Eva.

ADNP.

[philiip]

Four people are telling you this is stupid.

If the research is so important. And Alba won't just hand it over. At least take someone.

ADNP.

[loculus]

If the research is for my sole benefit, he should forego the attempt entirely.

ADNP.

[adrii]

It is not solely for your benefit, Domingo.

ADNP.

[loculus]

Alas, there goes my attempt to feel special.

ADNP.

[philiip]

I have to go. Keep working on him, please.

ADNP.

[adrii]

I'm sorry this is how you had to find out.

ADNP.

[oneirophrenic]

What is this research?

ADNP.

[loculus]

[...] Well, seeing as how Adrían's just informed me that when he says he won't tell you yet wasn't his way of implying I should keep it to myself: [...] implant removal.

ADNP.

[oneirophrenic]

[...] This sounds dangerous.

ADNP.

[adrii]

PAG-cascade. Jung gave me the idea, which reminded me of research I had done into the release of Neuropeptide Y with the simultaneous stimulation of the amygdala.

ADNP.

[oneirophrenic]

From there, you landed on, "I must do this alone."