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[bodilesswarrior]

[She keeps her warden item on her at all times. Either it's stored in her chair with the rest of her batarangs, or it rests on her nightside table.

The first thing she does, after talking to Blight, is check it. Usually, it gives her a vague idea of the Emperor's position on the Barge.

But there's nothing there.

She swallows hard.]

[Private to the Emperor]

Emperor? [She refuses to lose her composure, but she doesn't hide anything, either. If what she suspects - what she hopes, desperately - is true, then it won't do her any good. She wants him to see her concern.]

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[heisrisen]

[Yes, really. He doesn't care if she's aggravated. If the barges were susceptible to well-applied genius and endless determination, neither of them would have lasted this long.]

I'm sure it would.

[private]

[bodilesswarrior]

But we do know more than we ever did before.

[private]

[heisrisen]

I got flashes from him in nightmares, but they tended toward high on visceral horror and low on detail.

[private]

[bodilesswarrior]

[A slow nod, as her brow furrows.] I wish we hadn't lost our best telepath. [Jean could help him sort it out, focus on what they need.]

[private]

[heisrisen]

If there's files, I can come review them.

[He imagines she's not so different that she hasn't generated and coded several by now.]

[private]

[bodilesswarrior]

There are. [I bet mine are better than hers, she doesn't say.] I - you can come over any time.