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[bossyboiler]

Who: Kate Cordello
Username: bossyboiler
Warnings: N/A (will update when/if necessary)

Could everyone maybe check in, even if I don't know you. I feel like there's a few people I haven't seen around here lately.

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[graveyounglady]

I have. And if it's stars whispering to folk, then we plug up their ears and spend the night with your nose in the grass. The precautions we take are based on what folk have encountered. That's the best we can do.

[bossyboiler]

I don't know that it's enough.

[graveyounglady]

There's never going to be a point where we can take out all the risks, Kate.

[This feels... like Colm. Like trying to talk him through his terror and what he'd done to try to stop her before things had got too far.]

Sometimes, there are things that were worth it, even if the precautions aren't enough. You don't gotta risk yourself, but all of us'll make the choice how much we're willing to put ourselves on the line. I'm praying we'll keep folk from dying, even if they're hurt. And that we'll keep bodies if they die.

[bossyboiler]

I know that you're right, Mercy. I do. It's just that I'm scared.

[ It's hard for Kate to admit that. And she'd feel a lot better about people going into Dogtown if they had heavier weapons and supplies. Can ADI get them a tank? Maybe an armored troop carrier? Something? ]

[graveyounglady]

And that's okay. I know you're gonna worry about folk, and they- we need people like that. To help patch folk up when they come home hurt. To remind us who we got that we're doing all this for.

[bossyboiler]

Even if it feels that I should be doing more?

[graveyounglady]

What's an army without someone to fight for? Logistics to help them plan? Not every battle's won in the field. I been on both sides of that. Sometimes it's the people who ain't fighting or exploring who're doing a lot more of the heavy lifting.

[bossyboiler]

You sound incredibly wise, Mercy.

[graveyounglady]

I try to be. Makes up for not being the smartest, aye?