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[marineris]

"This is Bobbie Draper. I'll get back to you."

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[donkeyballs]

... Yeah.

[ It's definitely unsettling, and he unconsciously grips her hand a little harder. ]

... Or like -- [ He faltered. Or like Miller talking to Holden. Christ, that was worse. He swallowed. ]

There's different ways the dead can speak, is what I'm sayin'. Especially with protoshit involved. Maybe runnin' the drive meant that they - that part of 'em got ingrained into the station, somehow--

[marineris]

[She runs her thumb along his knuckles, going quiet as she considers that.]

You think there's protomolecule hiding on the station somewhere? Or do you think the drive screwed things up that bad?

[donkeyballs]

If that shit was here, we'd know, right? This ain't a ring.

[ He didn't sound very certain, though. ]

Maybe whatever the hell they created just - does a few similar things.

[marineris]

Yeah, maybe.

[Bobbie lets out a frustrated sigh.]

Of course we got a medic and not an engineer.

[donkeyballs]

At least we know it was the drive. Is the drive. And that it's probably here.

Not that I have a damn idea what the thing was actually supposed to do, but it was powerful enough to fling them who-the-hell know where.

[marineris]

She said something about how it was supposed to help them save the world, yeah? Sounds like it was for more than thrust to me.

[donkeyballs]

Yeah. The gettin' here seemed a lot more like an unseen side effect.

[ he let out a breath. ]

But it also sounds like it's gonna get a lot worse. We need to find it.

[marineris]

It seems like we keep running into walls, huh? Where do you think they'd stick something like that?

[donkeyballs]

[ He sighed and shook his head helplessly. ]

No idea. My only bet is somewhere in the inaccessible part of the shaft, maybe - that's where most of the main power conduits probably run.

[marineris]

[Bobbie nods, glancing away as she considers it.]

I wonder if it's still running now. Maybe someone can track it down that way—follow power fluctuations or something.

[donkeyballs]

Yeah. I had a similar idea, but couldn't find a single damn thing on the command deck to be able to track power usage.

Was hopin' we might figure out where the teleportations go that way, too.

[marineris]

This station is a piece of shit.

[She's bitter.]

Maybe Vanessa can find a friendly ghost with an engineering background next time.