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Gotta say I'm glad to have a pulse back. That place... well, not every afterlife is for everyone, is it? Was it stupid I kinda hoped I'd see one or two people I knew?

[Private to Amanda Young]

Yeah, I know we were headed into port well before I ever made an official how-do, and that's totally my bad. But I wanna do this right, so I've been studying your file as close as I can, and I wanted to be sure I had it down before I made an ass of myself.

We met before, and then again. 21. You can also call me Gary if the number bugs you; it's a henching thing, so I don't expect it to sit well with everybody.

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Gary, then. I'm not gonna refer to you by a number if there's another option.

[A pause.]

What did you think about it? My file?

I don't know what to say that's not gonna sound weird in some way or another. But...I think your last Warden took good care of you by the looks of things, and I'm gonna try to live up to that.

Yeah, she did.

[Speaking well about Sarah is a good way to earn some points with her, and she already sorta likes him for what he said to her when they first talked...so she's pretty grateful that this pairing doesn't seem to be a near-instant failure like her first three.]

I don't know where you want to start, so...

Edited 2011-11-22 04:31 (UTC)

I'm gonna try and start things out the way I do at home. Can I ask you a personal question?

You're my warden, I think you pretty much need to.

You still cutting yourself?

[Not very detailed in her file, he got that from the movies :|]

[...]

Yeah. You gonna judge me for that?

No, but I want to help you stop doing it.

Yeah, well, good luck. I wouldn't know where to fuckin' start with that.

How's about I help you learn to do something else when you start feeling that way?

Edited 2011-11-22 04:57 (UTC)

Like what?

You ever take any martial arts classes? Boxing lessons?

...Not like 'self defense at the Y', 'let go of my purse' martial arts, either.

A guy here taught me how to fight, and I mean real fighting, not that pussy bullshit. I practice every day.

You ever try going after a punching bag when you're stressed?

I mean, you may have. And I know it sounds kinda weird coming from somebody that's supposed to be helping you clean up your act, to say "hurt something else that's not you", but it's a start, right?

I train for two hours at dawn every day to stay at my peak. It's not about stress.

Maybe it's something to consider trying. I don't need to tell you that you shouldn't hurt yourself, Amanda; that's kind of a given.

And would you be up to a more challenging workout? I could talk to the Admiral about setting up an obstacle course or something similar, maybe.

Bring it on. I can handle a challenge.

Good. To start though, I'd like to see what you can do.

What, in terms of fighting?

That's right.

Let me guess: you want to fight me.

Key term is spar, Amanda. Not a playing for keeps kinda scenario.

Yeah, yeah. I get it.

Name a time and date.

If you're settled from port, how about tomorrow morning?

Works for me.

What time's good for you?

I'm up and ready to work up at dawn, so I'll be ready at any point in the morning.

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