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[tibetanmethod]

[Out of Milliways: Major Briggs has a bad feeling, and Harry Truman gets bad news.]

His black eye is fading, and the cut just under his eye is healing. On its own.

Cooper has a chess set at a table, and he's brooding over it.

If, of course, by 'brooding' you mean 'eyeing it while he drinks his coffee'.

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[legendaryoutlaw.livejournal.com]

"Oh."

Heartbeat. "What's a television?"

[tibetanmethod]

"A dramatic production, recorded and broadcast to small machines that project the image of the players."

Barely a beat before the definition.

[legendaryoutlaw.livejournal.com]

"Wow. I think that's probably somewhere amongst the ruins of the ships somewhere. We lost a lot of the tech we were going to use to settle wherever we ended up when most of the ships crashed."

Everytime he explains that, he's reminded why he's got to catch and stop Knives. He can't be allowed to roam free and dangerous to the people after what he did.

[tibetanmethod]

"Are you still on the rest of the ships?"

[legendaryoutlaw.livejournal.com]

"Uh, no. Some of them landed safely. Those folks all set up towns and cities and all that civilization."

[tibetanmethod]

"...you're not a fan?"

[legendaryoutlaw.livejournal.com]

He smiles, but it's a hollow smile. "Oh, some of it's alright, but everyone's got guns, and a disproportionate number of them have been aimed at other people over time with a certian amount of harmful intent. And I really don't like blood or pain."