[Maybe more than a week, but he wasn't exactly keeping track. Falcon doesn't like the idea of being in stasis, mostly because bad things tend to happen when he's comatose.
None of that, of course, makes it out.]
Look on the bright side. There's...the beach.
[He gestures vaguely toward it. The tone of his voice, however, is very dry, and indicates that he kind of thinks being so close to the water is a stupid idea.]
[Tali, used to all manner of things medical, doesn't really have much reason to care about being put in stasis. Actually, she's rather blasé about the whole thing.]
Great. [She looks out over it, arms folded.] A lot of sand to get the rovers stuck in, right next to a giant body of water to sink them in. [Then she snorts.] I used to be better at optimism.
[And, with a nod at the crossbow.] Do you want to finish with... that before we go anywhere?
[That pause was Tali not being sure what to call 'that'.]
[With that, he pops back into the rover briefly just to deposit it somewhere safe before joining her outside, thumbing in the direction of the forest.]
You want the tour? Take you to the outposts.
[Not that there's really much to see, but hey, catching up is good.]
[He's not exactly one for trudging through the woods, either, but Falcon doesn't exactly like to be idle. He'll take a walk if it means avoiding bumming around camp for a while.]
They're sort of under construction right now. That, and the fence.
[The way he says 'fence', however, indicates that maybe he thinks the endeavor is pointless and a little stupid.]
What would I do without you. [Get her foot stuck again, obviously.
She starts making a move towards the first of the trees not far beyond the scattered rovers, towards where the sound of rushing waves starts to get dimmer.]
A fence. That'll definitely keep out... [... everything they could have easily dealt with anyway, while the bigger things crush it and walk right in. She doesn't finish the sentence, just sort of waves a hand helplessly.] Anyway, we can't exactly pack up a fence and take it with us if we move again.
[And, with a glance back at the beach:] You know, I think I'm starting to appreciate forests.
Maybe the smaller stuff. Hydrocus comes through these woods, though, it's useless, and I don't think the Neraki will find it much of a challenge.
[He didn't exactly have a hand in it, so he doesn't know how deep they've driven the logs into the ground. Given how thoroughly the locals were able to ambush them, however, he wouldn't be at all surprised if their attempt at defense fell flat--literally.]
I just don't like what comes out of it here. [She turns away and doesn't look back at the vast water again.] It's weird, anyway, seeing the ocean in person. I'd only seen it once before - and I didn't have time to pay too much attention to it at the time.
[And when she hadn't been in the vehicle or busy not dying, she'd much preferred to be inside the tents where she wasn't squinting against the sun or right by the only open body of water she'd ever seen.
[If anyone welcomed the rampaging squid monster, it would have been news to him. He takes the chance to drive the conversation elsewhere, however, perhaps to learn more about her.]
[It's not unheard of at all, and he'd argue that she hadn't really missed much--Earth's oceans aren't all that nice to look at, except from space, maybe, but he's always had a sort of fondness for worlds covered in water, like Big Blue.
Then again, he's never seen something like the kraken until here, so.]
Really? [That's got her a little taken aback.] I was kind of expecting you to tell me how great planets are and I shouldn't judge them all by this one or... I don't know. [She shrugs and swipes a low-lying tree branch out of the way in one gesture.] I want to live on my own homeworld one day. Maybe I'll just live by a river instead. That's more than enough water for me all at once.
[Besides, some part of her has this idealised thought that when it's the homeworld it won't matter if there's weird stuff in the oceans and the wildlife is ornery, because it's the homeworld.
But anyway, Falcon sounds like the voice of experience there.]
This is a pretty incredible planet, all things considered.
[He shrugs a little, laughing. Macha is impressive, really, with it’s land formations and deep jungles and bioluminescence, but he’s never exactly been one for the great outdoors. He’ll take it at a distance, climate controlled or whizzing by at mach 2 from the comfort of his vehicle.]
Not so good at roughing it.
[That, and the fact that they’re blowing it all up soon kind of sours things.]
It is. [She can agree on that, at least.] I like it a lot more than I did when we were hiking down to the first camp.
[It wouldn't have been possible to like it any less.] But - right. I don't think I'll ever get used to roughing it like this.
[Not entirely true - she already has, a lot. But she'll never be comfortable with it, that much is for sure.]
One version-- oh. The... alternate universes thing? [She only got introduced to this whole thing not so long ago, courtesy of finding out there are two different versions of certain people running around.]
[He tries not to think about it, anyway. Quantum physics and alternate universes are a little beyond him, though he certainly doesn't doubt their existence. The CDC being some kind of dimension-crossing super corporation is more than evidence of that.]
Either that, or I'm just five hundred years ahead of everyone else.
I did think it was something to do with time travel. [It was easy to focus on the time aspect when all she knew was that everyone she knew was months ahead of her in the timeline.]
Then I was talking to some friends from back home and it wasn't just that they knew things about the future - they were talking about things that I remember... but happened totally differently.
[She'd be more specific, but 'the wrong friend died' is a bit of a downer.]
I was here for a while without even realising any of that.
[Weird is a good word for it, not that Falcon's a stranger. It's also not the first he's heard of alternate versions of the same place--Red and Green are a good example of that. It could be any number of things. Time travel, parallel universes, being pulled from different points on the timeline...
He offers Tali something of a sympathetic glance.]
Well, I found out all my friends from home know more about my life than I do... but actually, I'm not even sure any of it happens the way they're saying it does.
[Somehow, telling herself everything might only happen in another universe just... doesn't help.]
It's all really confusing and I might need to ask somebody to draw me a chart.
[Falcon almost winces, mostly because that sounds unspeakably awkward.]
Not sure I'd know how to deal with something like that.
[Not sure he'd want to know, really. He's pretty certain that if he had any friends from home (or any friends at all), he'd shut them up if they even thought to talk to him about things he hadn't experienced yet.]
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[But it's true, Falcon isn't exactly nondescript - and if the one in the hazmat suit and gas mask can say that, it's definitely true.]
I'm glad to be up. [She stretches, and there's a muffled, but audible, click from her shoulder.] I feel like...
[She realises what she was about to say without even thinking about it and scoffs.] Well, I feel like I've been asleep for a whole week.
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[Maybe more than a week, but he wasn't exactly keeping track. Falcon doesn't like the idea of being in stasis, mostly because bad things tend to happen when he's comatose.
None of that, of course, makes it out.]
Look on the bright side. There's...the beach.
[He gestures vaguely toward it. The tone of his voice, however, is very dry, and indicates that he kind of thinks being so close to the water is a stupid idea.]
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Great. [She looks out over it, arms folded.] A lot of sand to get the rovers stuck in, right next to a giant body of water to sink them in. [Then she snorts.] I used to be better at optimism.
[And, with a nod at the crossbow.] Do you want to finish with... that before we go anywhere?
[That pause was Tali not being sure what to call 'that'.]
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[With that, he pops back into the rover briefly just to deposit it somewhere safe before joining her outside, thumbing in the direction of the forest.]
You want the tour? Take you to the outposts.
[Not that there's really much to see, but hey, catching up is good.]
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You mean we have to go hiking?
[Her tone is a little too overblown to be actually serious. A second later she gives a soft huff of laughter and nods.]
Sounds good. I didn't even know we had outposts now.
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[He's not exactly one for trudging through the woods, either, but Falcon doesn't exactly like to be idle. He'll take a walk if it means avoiding bumming around camp for a while.]
They're sort of under construction right now. That, and the fence.
[The way he says 'fence', however, indicates that maybe he thinks the endeavor is pointless and a little stupid.]
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She starts making a move towards the first of the trees not far beyond the scattered rovers, towards where the sound of rushing waves starts to get dimmer.]
A fence. That'll definitely keep out... [... everything they could have easily dealt with anyway, while the bigger things crush it and walk right in. She doesn't finish the sentence, just sort of waves a hand helplessly.] Anyway, we can't exactly pack up a fence and take it with us if we move again.
[And, with a glance back at the beach:] You know, I think I'm starting to appreciate forests.
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[He supposes that's not entirely fair.]
Maybe the smaller stuff. Hydrocus comes through these woods, though, it's useless, and I don't think the Neraki will find it much of a challenge.
[He didn't exactly have a hand in it, so he doesn't know how deep they've driven the logs into the ground. Given how thoroughly the locals were able to ambush them, however, he wouldn't be at all surprised if their attempt at defense fell flat--literally.]
Not a fan of the water?
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[And when she hadn't been in the vehicle or busy not dying, she'd much preferred to be inside the tents where she wasn't squinting against the sun or right by the only open body of water she'd ever seen.
... She's come a long way.]
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[If anyone welcomed the rampaging squid monster, it would have been news to him. He takes the chance to drive the conversation elsewhere, however, perhaps to learn more about her.]
Not near the ocean back home?
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[She has to jump onto a large fallen branch and then over it, and only then explains herself.] I grew up in space.
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[It's not unheard of at all, and he'd argue that she hadn't really missed much--Earth's oceans aren't all that nice to look at, except from space, maybe, but he's always had a sort of fondness for worlds covered in water, like Big Blue.
Then again, he's never seen something like the kraken until here, so.]
You're not missing a whole lot.
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[Besides, some part of her has this idealised thought that when it's the homeworld it won't matter if there's weird stuff in the oceans and the wildlife is ornery, because it's the homeworld.
But anyway, Falcon sounds like the voice of experience there.]
What about you, anyway? Where are you from?
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[He shrugs a little, laughing. Macha is impressive, really, with it’s land formations and deep jungles and bioluminescence, but he’s never exactly been one for the great outdoors. He’ll take it at a distance, climate controlled or whizzing by at mach 2 from the comfort of his vehicle.]
Not so good at roughing it.
[That, and the fact that they’re blowing it all up soon kind of sours things.]
I’m from Earth. One version of it, I guess.
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[It wouldn't have been possible to like it any less.] But - right. I don't think I'll ever get used to roughing it like this.
[Not entirely true - she already has, a lot. But she'll never be comfortable with it, that much is for sure.]
One version-- oh. The... alternate universes thing? [She only got introduced to this whole thing not so long ago, courtesy of finding out there are two different versions of certain people running around.]
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[He tries not to think about it, anyway. Quantum physics and alternate universes are a little beyond him, though he certainly doesn't doubt their existence. The CDC being some kind of dimension-crossing super corporation is more than evidence of that.]
Either that, or I'm just five hundred years ahead of everyone else.
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Then I was talking to some friends from back home and it wasn't just that they knew things about the future - they were talking about things that I remember... but happened totally differently.
[She'd be more specific, but 'the wrong friend died' is a bit of a downer.]
I was here for a while without even realising any of that.
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[Weird is a good word for it, not that Falcon's a stranger. It's also not the first he's heard of alternate versions of the same place--Red and Green are a good example of that. It could be any number of things. Time travel, parallel universes, being pulled from different points on the timeline...
He offers Tali something of a sympathetic glance.]
How'd that go over?
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[Somehow, telling herself everything might only happen in another universe just... doesn't help.]
It's all really confusing and I might need to ask somebody to draw me a chart.
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Not sure I'd know how to deal with something like that.
[Not sure he'd want to know, really. He's pretty certain that if he had any friends from home (or any friends at all), he'd shut them up if they even thought to talk to him about things he hadn't experienced yet.]