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[of_no_consequence]

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[oddswerebad]

[Nico is wary of...pretty much everyone on the barge, really. Still, Ardyn makes him uncomfortable. Maybe it's the awkwardness of their first meeting coloring his perception, an unease that isn't settled by having gone through his posts. But Nico knows his own tendency towards (perhaps not always entirely reasonable) paranoia and that his feelings about the man's apparent easy curiosity and confidence are shaped by his experiences with people from a completely different context.

In the end, it doesn't really matter. He has a job to do and he's used to pushing away...personal issues in order to do it.]

Hi. Would you like to meet to talk?

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[of_no_consequence]

Certainly. Was there a time or place you'd like to meet?

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[oddswerebad]

Where and when would be best for you?

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[of_no_consequence]

Wherever you like, dear boy. I'm very flexible.

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[oddswerebad]

The library? If that's okay?

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[of_no_consequence]

Certainly. When should you like to meet? And was there anything in particular you wanted to discuss?

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[oddswerebad]

This afternoon? At least, the afternoon as it's measured here. Just if you need something. Or want to talk about anything.

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[of_no_consequence]

Absolutely. Though I hardly need anything. I've been self-sufficient for a very long time.

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[oddswerebad]

Yeah. But if you want to talk about anything. Or whatever.

[He doesn't know what to do but he has to do something so he'll be at the library at the time he said, hunched over his communicator.]

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[of_no_consequence]

I will happily talk about anything you like. Did you have an idea of what we should talk about?

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[oddswerebad]

Maybe how you're...adjusting?

[of_no_consequence]

How SHOULD I adjust?

[oddswerebad]

I don't know. Do you think you should?

[of_no_consequence]

Do you think I think I should?

Mirrors are very poor conversationalists, my dear boy.

[oddswerebad]

I think you probably have more experience adjusting to things so would be better able to say, especially about yourself.

[of_no_consequence]

I might, but that doesn't actually mean you aren't allowed to have an opinion on it.

[oddswerebad]

Do you want what the Admiral claims to be offering?

[of_no_consequence]

A good question.

And the answer is no, I do not.

[oddswerebad]

I don't know how you should adjust. I suppose what you have to adjust to is being in this situation that doesn't have anything you want in it.

[of_no_consequence]

Ah, ah, ah. Who said this situation doesn't have anything I want? I merely said I have no interest in what the Admiral is offering.

[oddswerebad]

Then isn't set up with what you're interested in being the stated endpoint of the being that has the most control on this ship.

What do you want?

[of_no_consequence]

A complex question and one which is difficult to explain to someone who hardly knows me. Perhaps we can discuss that.

[oddswerebad]

Okay.

[It sounds like as good a topic as any, better than a lot of them.]

[of_no_consequence]

Shall we?

[oddswerebad]

I'll meet you there this afternoon.