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Since this seems to be the week for depressing polls...

[There's a hint of wry humour in her voice.]

I've been wondering what anyone here has done to prepare for your own disappearance. Not your wishes for if you'll be remembered. Messages, projects, people to care for your pets, those kinds of things.

I suppose I will go first, even if it is not very creative. I have letters for a few people, and I made B promise to take care of my dog before I even adopted her.

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[Yelena can be found in most of her usual haunts, though while B is away, some of her visits to the deck include rather more dogs than her usual one. And since he'd left his warden item in her keeping, she can be found in the Enclosure taking the small pack for a romp.

The best places to catch her alone are the Library, or up on the deck late at night.]

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Oh - you know, I've not really given it much thought. I suppose I should, but I have a lot of questions about that. Existential ones. Will we even remember when we've left? And those who remain, once they've left, will they? Is all of this...temporary?

I suppose that's the nature of life?

Anyway. I suppose preparing a sort of a will and testament is suitable, considering the nature of...death in this place. I don't have any pets, so I suppose I would want to leave messages to my friends here. Gifts, perhaps. Tokens of endearment.

The people who leave here alive seem to remember. At least the ones who come back, or are tracked down wherever they have settled, or who are contacted when the network is breached. It's possible the ones no one ever hears from again have forgotten, but probably they're just living their lives clear of this place.

The rest of us - if we disappear, we go back to being dead, so what we remember is a bit of a moot point.

...Dead? Is that...true?

I seem to recall being offered a second chance at life if I agree to come along; that was the stipulation. But I wasn't dead yet when the Admiral brought me here.

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I have never thought of that.

Someone will have to take care of Warm Snow.

If your warden or one of your friends can't, I am sure the kennel will take good care of your little companion. You should talk to B or Lahabrea, so you have that contingency in place if it is needed.

My warden also has the snakes.

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[ Of course, Yelena's message on the network catches his attention. There's not much of anything she does that doesn't catch it. He's smitten. Only now he's finally able to admit it to himself that the topic of her broadcast has been on his mind, too.

Or, maybe it's just the thought of having no one left on the Barge except for her that the very thought of her disappearing is ... too much.

He doesn't bother with a reply right away. Instead he waits for her out on the deck, which has long since become one of three meeting places for them. And when he finally picks up on her heartbeat and the scent of her hair that catches the moment the door opens he hums a thoughtful note and finally answers with a lopsided grin. ]

Any chance that one of those few letters you've written are for a tall, dark and handsome guy with fangs?

[The corners of Yelena's mouth turn upward, and she exhales a little huff of amusement at the question.]

You are even lighter than I am.

[It's lightly teasing. She crosses the deck towards him, head canting slightly.]

But as a matter of fact, yes. One of them is for you.

I hope you're not calling me pasty.

[ Levels a look at her, but it's more playful. ]

Oh? I'm curious now. What does it say?

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