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You're not killing any gangsters for Bright. If this port is the same length as the last one was, we're leaving tomorrow; you won't have time.

Besides, they ended the encounter way more messed up than us; Bright might've killed a couple. Which probably isn't going to be great for his long-term mental health.

Maybe it would've been better for his mental health if he didn't have to back you up, in that case.

[ It's snapped- the timing is bad, and he hasn't had a chance to calm down yet. ]

Why aren't you getting Gaius' healing? When you pushed it so hard on me? You really think you're going to be able to tell when you're just about to die?

I didn't start a fight and pull him into it, Graham. He was down in the black market, trying to buy something from a bad guy I'd been keeping an eye on. I showed up right when the guy pulled a gun on him.

[ He's quiet as he processes that. He lets out a heavy sigh. That does sound like Malcolm. ]

...thank you for helping him. Sorry, I just...wish I'd been there.

How're you feeling?

I'm fine. I wish he'd taken off when I'd told him to.

Would you have gotten less hurt if he did, you think?

Either the same, or more. He was good backup, even though I wish he'd just saved himself instead.

I'm not-- he's not a soldier. Even though he can fight, he's the kind of person I protect, not the kind of person I go into battle with.

Yeah.

All the same...he doesn't let people get hurt. Especially not by other people. There was no way he was going to leave you. He just doesn't have a soldier-civilian mentality.

Even though I would've been fine. Even though if I'd killed a gangster, it wouldn't affect me the way it affected him.

-- I could try to find out if they all survived.

You could. But honestly? It might not matter to him.

[ He sighs slightly. ]

I actually don't know if he's to have a rough time with maybe-killing some people who were threatening you both. Probably best to not focus on details, regardless.

Okay.

But, seriously - no revenge-murder either way, okay?

Yeah...I got it.

[ He manages not to audibly sigh. You never let him have any fun, Shaw! ]

Thanks.

... I pushed the healing hard on you because I wanted to protect you. Would've been okay with it if you'd said no, but I'm glad you didn't.

That does make sense. And it makes sense that it...makes you uncomfortable, too. It clashes with my idea that no one I care about should get hurt, that's all.

...and yes, I'm aware that's unrealistic. Especially here. But I still feel how I feel about it.

But I'm fine. I need to rest for a couple days--

[The doctor said a couple weeks, Shaw.]

-- but that's it.

A couple days, for getting shot? Did it just graze you?

[ Someone has been shot too many times to not be a bit skeptical about it. But hey, Malcolm does blow things out of proportion sometimes...usually emotions, though.... ]

[Well, she's not going to lie to him, so--]

Got me pretty bad. But I'm good at walking wounded.

[ Will sighs a bit, but he's smiling to himself as he does. She could've told him it was future tech and he'd have believed it. But she didn't. ]

You don't need to walk wounded right now, you know. No emergencies going on, for once. But I imagine staying put is tough for you.

I'm glad you're relatively okay.

Port's probably almost over, anyway.

[So she figures she won't be missing much.]

I'm hanging out on the balcony, taking in the sights. That's... nice too, I guess.

[On the Barge, it wouldn't have been something she paid much mind to, and it wouldn't have been before the Barge, either. Now, though, she's conditioned to appreciate almost anything that isn't their lovely, disorienting trashboat.]

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