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[ً @saintstratt]

it beats the alternative.

[ً @saintstratt]

/ interesting to #me to think about how much eva is willing to let her belief stretch when it comes to ensuring the hail mary has the best odds she can give it. you could be crazy but show enough proof and use, she’ll take it

[ً @saintstratt]

go on. ( faint twitch of a smile and a tilt of her head. )

[ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ h . @RVRENDDAUGHTER]

( grimace. )

oh, joy.

[ً @saintstratt]

thalergy.

… well. the unfortunate thing is that you’re right——there’s none of that on earth. otherwise, i would have already used it. so, original plan: russian eva suit.

[ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ h . @RVRENDDAUGHTER]

i swallowed a soul.

there’s no necromancy on your planet— it may have solved your space travel problem. here’s a lesson. thalergy, the energy of life. the life of a soul. it’s enough power to keep one alive for millennia.

[ً @saintstratt]

i wonder if i gave the science and medical team a spinal fluid sample, they might be able to do something about that coma risk.

[ً @saintstratt]

/ hm. hm hm ………. starter call perhaps ………

[ً @saintstratt]

rigorously tested … but not in space. alright——suspending disbelief, how did you come about the ability? not all cells are regenerative, neurons especially.

[ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ h . @RVRENDDAUGHTER]

any cells of mine that die can and will regenerate. i’ve tested it out already. well, … not in space.

[ً @saintstratt]

… right. and temperature extremes? lack of air pressure in a vacuum?

[ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ h . @RVRENDDAUGHTER]

i don’t need oxygen anymore.

[ً @saintstratt]

you’ll die without it.

[ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ h . @RVRENDDAUGHTER]

i’ll just let somebody else wear the big suit when i’m in space.

[ً @saintstratt]

i will when i’ve coordinated with mission control at baikonur and the iss. issues with the latest isam.

[✶ ‍‍‍ Ⲇ𝖲𝖳𝖱𝖮 ⸊ ” ﹴ ꓓ𝖠𝖳𝖠 @ncvastatic]

you need to sleep.

[ً @saintstratt]

every single red light and no caffeine for this headache. no time for this.

[ً @saintstratt]

this is the first i’ve heard of the kind of mutant you’re talking about. there are more of you, i assume.

[.•* 𝓢ᴘᴇᴄᴛʀᴀʟ 𝓢ᴡᴇᴇᴛʜᴇᴀʀᴛ @ghostlyechoing]

you — don’t know about mutants?

i’ve personally got mutated empathy — can feel the emotions of people, and admittedly aliens and other humanoid beings, as well as see traces of emotional events.

[ً @saintstratt]

necessary if you want to survive the vastness of space.

[ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ h . @RVRENDDAUGHTER]

all the vastness of space. yet such a claustrophobic little suit.

[ً @saintstratt]

explain.

[.•* 𝓢ᴘᴇᴄᴛʀᴀʟ 𝓢ᴡᴇᴇᴛʜᴇᴀʀᴛ @ghostlyechoing]

i’m a carrier of the x-gene if that’s anythin’. i’m a mutant.

[ً @saintstratt]

yes, that is the idea.

[ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ h . @RVRENDDAUGHTER]

and you need someone to. go in that.

[ً @saintstratt]

no cloning. just need to test if you’re a carrier of a certain gene——standard taskforce procedure.

[.•* 𝓢ᴘᴇᴄᴛʀᴀʟ 𝓢ᴡᴇᴇᴛʜᴇᴀʀᴛ @ghostlyechoing]

are you gonna clone me? because i get pretty annoying if there’s just one of me.

[ً @saintstratt]

the eva suit. extravehicular activity suit.

[ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠᅠ h . @RVRENDDAUGHTER]

the what.

[ً @saintstratt]

ah. a buccal swab, then. a dna sample is all i need.

[.•* 𝓢ᴘᴇᴄᴛʀᴀʟ 𝓢ᴡᴇᴇᴛʜᴇᴀʀᴛ @ghostlyechoing]

oh — okay. uhm. needles are a bit touchy for me. . .

[ً @saintstratt]

i’ll need your blood drawn.

[.•* 𝓢ᴘᴇᴄᴛʀᴀʟ 𝓢ᴡᴇᴇᴛʜᴇᴀʀᴛ @ghostlyechoing]

ma’am yes ma’am (* 🫡 )