11 - She'll just launch this craft on the tide of complaint

[no_fastolfe]

[Filtered to Rassilon, Rinzler, Rhade, Seven, Martha, and Dracula]

Though some of you already know: I can now say, conclusively, that Sherlock Holmes, my warden, has left the barge.

[She looks very chilly as she says this, haughty and unaffected.
Please ignore the tension in her neck. She's being emotionless.]

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[truth_is_cold]

Kindness isn't always what popular tripe makes it out to be. Sometimes it's no more than consideration.

[That's a trembly lip. He sees that trembly lip.]

You are allowed to miss him and continue valuing him.

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[no_fastolfe]

The... emotional perturbation is very ... immediate. However.

[It hurts so badly now. And she's not sure how to cope.]

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[truth_is_cold]

It's difficult, but I think it's almost disrespectful not to feel something when you lose someone close to you. If you do something important that affected many people, you would want it recorded for posterity.

If you did something for one person, you would want that person to remember what it was you did for them. If not you, then that thing.

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[no_fastolfe]

I am not likely to forget him.

But I don't particularly want to be alone right now.

[Lip reaching critical wobble]

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[truth_is_cold]

[The engines can't take much more, Cap'n!]

I could meet you in the library and look over some philosophy books. [He would volunteer Rinzler to help with number entertainment, but he doesn't want to commit him when he might be busy.]

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[no_fastolfe]

Ugh, philosophy. [A token resistance, she's already standing up.]

It will do.

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[truth_is_cold]

Never hurts to know more. But if it gets too much for you, game theory will do.