[Yelena's carrying a cup of tea when she arrives for her shift, about half an hour after the message goes out. She sets it down on Ilde's desk.]
I also have my flask, if you want something stronger.
[There's sympathy there. As far as she's concerned, this is just a mistake correcting itself; that doesn't mean she's insensitive to the fact that Ilde might be grieving someone she felt responsible for.]
I can hold the fort down here, if you need some time.
spam
I also have my flask, if you want something stronger.
[There's sympathy there. As far as she's concerned, this is just a mistake correcting itself; that doesn't mean she's insensitive to the fact that Ilde might be grieving someone she felt responsible for.]
I can hold the fort down here, if you need some time.
Re: spam
Hm. He was a boy I did not know for very long and one more dead in a sea of many.
[ It is tempting to be hard-hearted. ]
Re: spam
[So many people have slipped back to their deaths, even in the time she's been here, and Ilde's tenure is longer than hers. Still:]
It feels different, sometimes, when it is someone you were trying to help.
[And sometimes it doesn't. She's hardly going to judge.]