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[bring_a_sponge]

Zed is sitting in one of the booths, and the table in front of him is covered with printouts. "Blueprints" doesn't quite seem appropriate. Better to call them "blackprints."

Zed is both studying and not studying them. Not studying them because, really, he knows the layout of MiB Headquarters by heart. But it's been a while since he had to retake the facility from an enemy force, and he's never had to do it against something as insidious as Black Oil.

So he's studying them. Planning tactics. And drinking whiskey. But mostly planning.

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[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"I know." She says quietly, "I helped Michael last week. There was an invasion. I helped the healers."

[bring_a_sponge]

"Sometimes I think the healers have the toughest job. Having to deal with the aftermath. The fighters usually get to spend that part unconscious."

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

She shrugs a little, "I'm glad I was there. It's better that they hate someone they'll never see again than that they hate another survivor."

Because sometimes friends and family are hurt so much that all you can do is make dying easy.

[bring_a_sponge]

"'Hate' is probably too harsh, Suzi. In the short term, maybe. But long term, I think most people learn how to forgive. You were trying to help as best you could. On some level they eventually understand that. Even if they never quite manage to express it."

Or maybe that's only a rationalization. But the Men in Black are quite good at that.

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"I don't mind." She says quietly, "Either way. It needed to be done, and I did it. I've done it before, after all."

[bring_a_sponge]

"Well, I'm going to do my level best to keep you from having to do it again. I can promise you that much at least."

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"Thank you." She says as seriously as he makes his statement, "I would much prefer not having to do it again. I'll do anything that I can to help you."