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bumi,
sikozu shanu

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There's a table in the bar that is covered in paper designs. Some small, some as big as the table itself, all appear to be parts of a whole.

Seated at the table, furiously working on another design, is a short redhead. Sikozu isn't just going to let herself rot in this place and if Plan A is to go off without a hitch, this needs to work.

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"It still behooves me to err on the side of caution."

For once.

"Okay, fine I can respect caution."
The face he pulls? Shows exactly how much disrespect he has for caution, which is apparently a lot.

"How about you stand behind the door, and I'll just poke my head out. If I'm untrustworthy you can just close the door on me."

"If it was something to be that easily done, I'd do it myself."

Bumi raises a single bushy eyebrow.

"Have you tried?"

"These are places that will kill me on sight," she explains, exasperated.

Doesn't he understand.

"I'm not stupid enough to try."

People have been trying to kill Bumi on sight since he was born.
The novelty wears off eventually.

"Well then let me be stupid enough for the both of us."

"Why? Why would you make such a sacrifice for someone you don't know?"

Please have a logical answer. Please don't be another stupid human-looking being.

"I find if I think the best of people, more often than not they'll rise to the occasion," he says with a simple shrug.

"And if not, I've got cat-like reflexes and a wicked left hook."

Sentiment. She's disappointed, Bumi.

"I can handle this myself."

Sentiment is what makes life worth living, and what makes living worth dying for.

"Okay, suit yourself. But," he starts, picking up a schematic again. "Should you change your mind, just give me the word."

He tilts the paper again.

"Is this just pure recon? Or does it have weapons on it too?"

"I will."

Don't count on it.

"It's a diagnostic repair drone, so no, it does not have weapons."

"Any particular reason why you're not adding any?"

Because it's something Crichton would do.

"They're not necessary."

"If you don't know what's on the other side of the door, then how do you know they're not necessary?"

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