I have no idea what you're talking about. The idea is to survive.
FROM: crichton.john@cdc.org
That's always what its been.
[Yeah there's no way in hell he's talking about what he's actually going to do, especially not to Shepard. And that plan is on the back burner until he has more information anyway.]
If you don't have a plan, you're going to die. If you have a plan that involves making yourself a target, you're going to die faster.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Hell you could be here fighting for something and keeping your head down. Current events have made it infinitely clear that you might be targeted anyway.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
I don't know you Crichton. I don't really care what happens to you. But Aeryn gives a damn and I get the impression you feel the same about her.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
If that matters to you you'll start thinking up something to do that doesn't increase the odds of getting either one of you killed.
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FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
What is it exactly you want me to do here, Crichton?
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Help me talk her out of her crusade before she hurts herself even more.
FROM: crichton.john@cdc.org
She thinks my being here is her responsibility, she thinks Zhaan's sickness is her fault, and she's going to fight to atone for all of it.
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Let me ask you a question first
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
What happens to you if you stay here?
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Look. I'm not a soldier, but I'm not helpless.
FROM: crichton.john@cdc.org
I've been alone before. I can handle myself.
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That's not what I'm asking. I want to know what you'll do if you stay here.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
What's your plan? This isn't a fly by the seat of your pants kind of assignment
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I have no idea what you're talking about. The idea is to survive.
FROM: crichton.john@cdc.org
That's always what its been.
[Yeah there's no way in hell he's talking about what he's actually going to do, especially not to Shepard. And that plan is on the back burner until he has more information anyway.]
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That isn't good enough.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
If you don't have a plan, you're going to die. If you have a plan that involves making yourself a target, you're going to die faster.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Hell you could be here fighting for something and keeping your head down. Current events have made it infinitely clear that you might be targeted anyway.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
I don't know you Crichton. I don't really care what happens to you. But Aeryn gives a damn and I get the impression you feel the same about her.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
If that matters to you you'll start thinking up something to do that doesn't increase the odds of getting either one of you killed.
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Thanks for the peptalk chief, but I got it under control.
FROM: crichton.john@cdc.org
Start with her.
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Right.
[Whether that's in response to the first or second message is a mystery. Sarcasm? A genuine promise?]
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Please.
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