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Edward Deegan's cabin is gone.

If you have questions, take them up with the Admiral. I don't have any answers.

[He just knows someone usually puts the word out, and apparently it's his turn.]

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No, I'm not okay. He was a friend.

No, I don't want to talk about it any more than that.

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[So now there's one more person stalking around in a terrible fucking mood, even though the port itself hadn't been that bad. As ever, Larry generally sticks with his routine, which mostly (but not entirely) gives him the room to be surly and solitary as needed: in the kitchen in the morning, the greenhouse in the afternoon, the deck in the early evening; after hours or between shifts he can often be found in the library, or watching a movie in a common room, or in the Enclosure if he can get a free slot.

The first night after Edward's disappearance, though, he picks up a habit he hasn't bothered with in months: he drops by the Lounge, sits at the bar, and orders a beer he can't and won't try to drink.]

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[After bothering someone to tell him what most of the words after Edward’s name say:]

Damn. I liked him.

[Sorry, Lawrence; he forgets about you illiterates. Once he remembers, he's tempted to go back and add a voice message, but Rags seems to be sort of reading now, and he doubts Trixie would give a shit.]

Yeah. I think most people did.

[He sounds vaguely regretful. Of all the people the Admiral could kick out, or whatever...]

ok. I'm sorry about your friend but that's all I'm going to say I promise.

are you going to be at work?

Yeah.

How do you feel about pancakes?

really good!

but I won't be able to help as much as usual, sorry

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I know you are not alright.

You don't have to speak about it.

That port

If you want a night in with no talking, I could use one.

What happened?

No details needed, just the headline. If you can.

I died.

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Shit, I'm sorry. Do you want to do something else?

What did you have in mind?

[William has had some very good ideas and some very bad ones.]

Something for him. But I didn't know him.

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I'm sorry.

[But he won't make Larry talk about feelings. Sometimes just pretending feelings aren't there and hoping they'll go away is the best course, in Norton's opinion, so he'll let Larry have that option and not say anything more.

But he's surprised to see Larry in the lounge when he walks in later that night. And he's not sure whether Larry is being slightly social, or if this is Larry being aggressively unsocial by being unsocial publicly where he can be seen being unsocial. The only way to know is to talk to him, so Norton takes a seat at the bar.]

Hello. I'd offer to buy you a drink but you've already got one. And also they're free.

And I'm nursing the hell out of this one.

[Dry as a bone, and just as bleak.]

Mind if I try yours?

[Norton rarely has beer, but Larry sitting in front of an untouched glass is terribly gloomy.]

By the way, I've gathered a bit of information about secret rooms on the ship.

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The Admiral probably isn't going to either.

There's a difference between not having any answers and not giving any.

Yes, but if he isn't giving us the answers either, it's harder to tell whether or not he has them.

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[He gets the gist, but names are hard. He stopped trying after the first sentence.]

Whose cabin? That's what that word is, right?

Yeah. Sorry. Edward Deegan. Do you know him?

Yeah that's uh -

Well, I had another name for him. Were you friends?

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I am sorry for your loss. He seemed like a respectable man.

[A thoughtful pause.]

I will be by later.

I have plans.

Then let me know when you are in.

Quill enjoys visiting the deck in the evening, usually with a cup of coffee. She likes looking out at the changing stars. She knows a lot about her universe, but she'd rarely gotten the chance to actually travel out into space. 'Interdimensional prison ship' isn't how she'd chose to change that, but that doesn't mean she can't appreciate the view. Especially when she's already in a good mood.

The good mood is also partially why she acknowledges Larry's presence almost as soon as she sees him.

"Mr. Trainor."

Larry doesn't especially like the Deck, but it's part of a deal he made long ago with the Negative Spirit, and a small price to pay to maintain the sometimes-fragile equilibrium between them. Sometimes the Spirit leaves his body on the deck so it can dance among the stars (he assumes, having never been awake to watch); sometimes it's seemingly content to simply exist under them, inside him.

This evening was one of the former, but the Spirit has already gone and returned, and Larry was close to heading downstairs for the night when he hears his name. "Quill. You look like you're in a good mood." That might not be a good thing, he thinks.

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