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Tweak says, "I....need some coffee"

kaidan alenko loves the decor in here (secondspectre) wrote in the100,
@ 2015-12-27 19:01:00

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!network post, alistair theirin, audrey parker, herc hansen, kaidan alenko, tali’zorah vas normandy

network post: kaidan alenko
I always thought I was just lucky that my L2 implants only cause migraines, when so many other L2 biotics suffer so much worse — but I think I spoke too soon. My migraines are getting worse, and pain is spreading, mostly through my shoulders and down my arms. I keep forgetting things, little things, and every time I have a lapse in memory or get confused or zone out I start to think that the L2s are catching up with me.

I haven't told Shepard. I didn't want to complain; he has enough of his own shit to deal with.

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	thetroubles 2015-12-28 02:23 am UTC (link)
	I've got to be honest here, Kaidan. That doesn't give me a lot of confidence to put you out in the field. I will put you out there, because we need the manpower, and I like you. I also have a tendency to foolishly put too much trust in people that maybe I shouldn't. It rarely backfires on me though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	secondspectre 2015-12-28 02:26 am UTC (link)
	I get that. And if you catch me acting off, take me out. Some L2s got violent. But I'm also used to fighting through pain. It's not constant, but I'll only back out if the nausea keeps me from physical activity or my vision's blurred, because that endangers everyone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thetroubles 2015-12-28 02:32 am UTC (link)
	We're going to need some kind of signal then so that I know when it's pain related. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	secondspectre 2015-12-28 02:36 am UTC (link)
	You want a code word? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thetroubles 2015-12-28 02:39 am UTC (link)
	Sure. Something you'd never say, like banana pudding or toe-pick. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	secondspectre 2015-12-28 02:42 am UTC (link)
	Banana pudding, if those are my options. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thetroubles 2015-12-28 02:43 am UTC (link)
	Not your only options. I was just trying to come up with random crap. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	secondspectre 2015-12-28 02:47 am UTC (link)
	I actually like banana pudding. My grandma made the best. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thetroubles 2015-12-28 02:48 am UTC (link)
	I get so jealous sometimes of people who have all these long histories with their families. I don't even know who my family is. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	secondspectre 2015-12-28 02:49 am UTC (link)
	You don't? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thetroubles 2015-12-28 02:50 am UTC (link)
	No. I was an orphan in this life. Lived in an orphanage, then foster care. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	secondspectre 2015-12-28 02:51 am UTC (link)
	You had other lives where you weren't? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thetroubles 2015-12-28 02:52 am UTC (link)
	I had other personalities. It's a long and complicated story. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	secondspectre 2015-12-28 03:02 am UTC (link)
	Is this a bad time to ask? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thetroubles 2015-12-28 03:04 am UTC (link)
	There's never a good time to ask, to be honest. I don't even understand all of it. You remember Mara? The woman who looked like me that we had in custody? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	secondspectre 2015-12-28 03:09 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thetroubles 2015-12-28 03:12 am UTC (link)
	She is my original self. Mara created the Troubles, and Mara gets to clean them up every 27 years as someone else. Audrey Parker is one of those personalities. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	secondspectre 2015-12-28 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	If she created them, why can't she stop them? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thetroubles 2015-12-29 02:13 am UTC (link)
	I don't know, but judging by her memories, once the aether is in someone's system, you can't remove it. You can only change it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	secondspectre 2015-12-30 06:30 am UTC (link)
	And I take it none of those changes involve "don't do anything". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thetroubles 2015-12-30 01:27 pm UTC (link)
	Not that I'm aware of. Maybe there's a way, but I don't know it. Neither does she. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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