[ Like before, Felix covers Ephemera's blindspot. It's just a thing that happens now. They never discussed it, never had to. Some things have changed - Ephemera's entire fighting style, for one - but unit cohesion like theirs bleeds through. They know how to move around each other, how to control the space. There's no Rodriguez to cover them from a distance, no sergeant and no Crow to charge in and destroy up close, but -
Don't. Just don't.
Ephemera twitches. He puts his back to the wall and he eats his goddamn food and he doesn't say a word about the fudge, whether it's a bribe or a kindness or something else. It's here, they're not getting shot at, so just breathe.
Breathe, soldier. ]
Been in worse. It's nice seeing the sun.
[ It's said a little wistfully. He grew up on Eremus, where 90% of the population was stuck underground. They had fake skies and all kinds of vitamin D pills so it worked out in the end, but there's something about the real thing. Especially when Felix is hungover and Ephemera gets to rag on him for it.
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Don't. Just don't.
Ephemera twitches. He puts his back to the wall and he eats his goddamn food and he doesn't say a word about the fudge, whether it's a bribe or a kindness or something else. It's here, they're not getting shot at, so just breathe.
Breathe, soldier. ]
Been in worse. It's nice seeing the sun.
[ It's said a little wistfully. He grew up on Eremus, where 90% of the population was stuck underground. They had fake skies and all kinds of vitamin D pills so it worked out in the end, but there's something about the real thing. Especially when Felix is hungover and Ephemera gets to rag on him for it.
But also - ]
We're not staying, right?