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[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara ought to look excited, despite the natural wariness and frustrated curiosity. Instead, she looks a little devastated.]

You know when you're pretty sure something isn't going to work, and you try it anyway? It's silly, isn't it? [Her voice almost cracks.

Then she takes a deep breath, and sets her shoulders, and makes herself sound strong.]

I've got to wonder if combining our abilities would let them reach further, but it's not an experiment I'm willing to try just yet.

Could everyone who's ended up with Admiral abilities check in, please? [She's kept track, of course, but that's no guarantee, she hasn't spoken to everyone directly.] I'd like to know what everyone's managed to do, and what their status is.

Cambridge - do you think scanning us would be worth it?

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[bodilesswarrior]

...It's best to strike a balance, I think. Consider what you want for your future, how your actions affect it, but don't - obsess over it.

[tucky]

I can try that, only I don't know exactly what I want for my future.

[bodilesswarrior]

It's okay not to have all the details. Or to change your mind.

[A wry smile, as she gestures to her control centre.] I never expected this.

[tucky]

Are you mad about being in a wheelchair?

[bodilesswarrior]

...Not any more.

[She falls silent, for a moment, as she looks back at her computers.] I was angry as hell, for a while. Bitter. Depressed. Resentful.

[tucky]

What made you stop feeling like that?

[bodilesswarrior]

...Finding a new purpose. A new - identity. [All she needs to do is think, now, for her symbol to light the screen.] It gave me a foundation to rebuild on.

[tucky]

... I'd be mad, if I was you. I'd hate it, I think. You're stronger than me.

[bodilesswarrior]

[A wry smile.] I was mad as hell, Tiffany, and not just at the man who did this to me. I just - it got easier to feel other things, as time went on.

It helps to have the right people.

[tucky]

You ever thought about trying to get it fixed? With a deal or something.

[bodilesswarrior]

...Iris could do it. But she hasn't offered, because - [A slight shrug.] Some things she just knows.

My legs - it was a hard fight, to accept losing them. To become something new. And now...

[tucky]

It would feel weird to just go back.

I know what you mean.