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[thecodexabides]

Gadriel's busy praising the Emperor or something. He'll get back to you asap. 

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[thecodexabides]

[Welp he is going to have to go into it, isn't he?]
My first night here there was a

disagreement.

I was nearly killed over it.

Safe to say I do not want to be easily findable until I get more of my abilities back.

voice

[wantadistraction]

[ Well, you might have brought this on yourself, Gadriel. ]

What?? [ She sounds very concerned. ] Are there people still looking to hurt you now??

Re: voice

[thecodexabides]

It has been settled.

[More or less. ]

you are in no danger.

[wantadistraction]

I'm not worried about me. [ She sounds huffy. ] I'm worried about you.

[thecodexabides]

there is no need.
If anyone tries something, this time, I will respond in kind.

[wantadistraction]

Telling me there's no need isn't going to stop me from worrying.

Maybe I should put a tracker on you.

[thecodexabides]

I am much harder to kill now than I was when I arrived.

if you need to know where I am, you can always ping me,

[wantadistraction]

What if something happens to you?

[thecodexabides]

Nothing will happen. If someone tries to kill me I will take them down with me.

[wantadistraction]

How do you mean?

[thecodexabides]

One of my Astartes organs. The Belisarian Furnace. If I am in danger of dying it revives me. Almost entirely.

And then I can take my own revenge.

[wantadistraction]

I realize that should make me feel better.

Also, why do you keep texting instead of talking?

[thecodexabides]

because every time I speak, I offend someone.

I have more
time
to collect my thoughts in text.

[wantadistraction]

I prefer your voice and your talking to me rather than texting.

You don't have to worry about offending me, okay?

. voice

[thecodexabides]

Then I will speak. If you prefer.

[What had he been saying? ]

As I said, You do not need to worry about me. I am safe.

[wantadistraction]

I do, thank you.

I'm still going to worry but how often does that furnace work? Does it need a cool down?

[thecodexabides]

It releases chemicals into my bloodstream. Healing agents, Pain suppression. Combat stimms. It needs time to refill. About a week.

[wantadistraction]

So, if someone or something is big enough to take you down the first time, what happens if they take you down again after the furnace kicks in?

[thecodexabides]

Then I die. [But it would be a legendary an epic death.]

Lydia. My kind are not afraid of death. Only of dying dishonorably.

[wantadistraction]

[ She bites back a sigh. ] I guess you would.

I know that you aren't but please understand that won't lessen my worry. I'll just deal with it and hope that you're okay but will you tell me if there is anyone who has a problem with you?

[thecodexabides]

[No, wait. This isn't how it's supposed to work. What is going on?]

Lydia, You aren't allowed to worry about me.

[It's like a law or something.]

I will tell you if I am under a threat, though, if that would make you feel better.

[wantadistraction]

[ Just accept it, Gadriel. ]

Excuse me? I'm ignoring that, Gadriel. I'll worry about you whether I'm allowed to or not.

[ Screw that law. ]

Yes, it would make me feel a lot better. I'm also going to hope that my banshee will warn me if it senses you're close to death.

[thecodexabides]

[The problem with people worrying about Gadriel is it will make him think twice about doing stupidly violent things. Which sometimes need to be done.]

I can take care of myself, Especially now.

But I will also worry about you. [SO THERE.]

[wantadistraction]

[ That’s the point, Gadriel. She wants you to think twice. Who else will watch her so closely to make sure she doesn’t get into trouble? ]

That’s good, I’m happy you can. It just doesn’t change how I feel.

Fine, we are in agreement. [ GOOD! ]

Now that we’ve established that, I’ve left you something by the quest board.

we might wrap this for other things soon?

[thecodexabides]

[Thinking twice doesn't mean he's not going to go on and do stupid violent things. Just that he will feel bad if he gets hurt.

He honestly expected more pushback on that. Oh.]

Oh? Will I know what it is?