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(OOM: After once again leaving Silent Milliways)

Again, Max starts upright as though just waking from a nightmare, looking about warily. After a moment, she seems to recognise her surroundings, and sinks back into the booth, turning her attention to the papers scattered in front of her.

Feel free to bother the X5. She could use the distraction.

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It will. And she can't tell him that.

The dilemma might be apparent, as he knows her well enough to read her.

"Yeah. Now there's just the part where we're all hunted down like rabid animals."

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He eyes her a little. "Am I allowed to know what you aren't telling me?"

There's a shake of his head in disbelief, though not much of it. He wouldn't have put it past Manticore to hunt them down, but he was hoping that they'd have just left it. "I haven't gotten that far in the time line. But you know me. I'll help stop the hunting if I can."

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"You'll find out in a few days, probably. I...well, your Max, will disrupt a signal to regroup that's really just a trap." She grimaces. "It gets complicated after that."

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He nodded, absorbing it and making a mental note of it. Just means he'll have to watch more and try to help extra hard.

"Well I'll try to makes sure that it stays as safe for you and everyone that escaped as I can. All I can do really."

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She gives him a long look. "...Just make sure you keep yourself safe, too."

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He gave her a weak smile, because he knew the answer to the question even before it left his mouth.

"Don't I always?"

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The look turns into a look. "About as well as I do."

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he flashes her an amused grin.

"Well, then we're in the same boat. Aren't we."

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"Yeah." She smiles faintly. "Yeah, we are."