Dossier Thirty

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Henrietta is hidden in one of the stalls of the bathrooms in the coliseum, puking into the toilet. She's sweating, shivering, her eyes slightly unfocused.] It's changed a lot, I guess. That's my fault, though. [Urk, shouldn't have tried talking to herself. She heaves again, but nothing else comes up.]

...ah...I guess that's a good thing.




[[Tags will be slow, as I'm still churning away on assignments, but I was going crazy with boredom and this is a good way to reward myself between sections of essay. Oh, and Henrietta is de-angeled and back at the Agency now.]]

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[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Sits also, curling up a bit so she can rest her head on her knees.] I don't know... I guess. I tried not to call Chris 'signore' before and it made me sick.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[The Doctor rubs his cheek.] Increasing your formality, perhaps? You've overcome it now, though?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

That's a strange thing to do. [Shakes her head] I really tried. But I threw up again.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

Well, it's probably related to listening to authority. Calling your "superiors" by their rank and titles, that sort of thing tends to lead to submission. [He frowns.] Do you feel any other changes?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

I don't think I do. [Headtilt] But I guess I wouldn't really tell.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

No, I suppose you wouldn't. [He mulls on it in silence, not really looking pleased.]

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Watches him carefully. ._.] Signore?

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

Ah, right, sorry. [He smiles at her, though it's tired.] You've had a rather complicated time of things, haven't you?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Have I? [Curious face] Other people have too, though. Everything here's kind of complicated, right?

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

That is a good point. Does that bother you? That it's complicated?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Sometimes. But I think I'm glad that I got picked to be here.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

It was probably quite good overall for most people, despite the complexities. Though, that conditioning...I know you've heard it all before but I do hope you're thinking about what others have said on it.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Presses her face against her knees.] It's not their fault that it makes us sick sometimes.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[He sighs and touches her shoulder, trying to look at her.] Henrietta. If they wanted to, they could do things painlessly. Without hurting you at all. But they don't.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

How do you know that?

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

Because if they did care about your health, if they did care about your well-being, they wouldn't need to condition you at all.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Presses her face against her knees.] I have to have it if I want to work.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

Why? Why do you need it?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

It helps us. [So tiiiired. DX ]

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

How does it help you?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Rubs her eyes.] It teaches us things.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

[He notices her tiredness and pauses to shrug out of his coat, putting it around her shoulders so she can bundle into it.

More gently now.]

Like what sort of things?

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

[Draws it around her shoulders] About weapons and politics and the relationships between countries and things. Some of the things it would take too long to teach us.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

What sort of things do they usually teach you about, then? Manually, I mean. Not the conditioning.

[fireintothesky.livejournal.com]

Math and geography and languages.