From: QEChat Log kit, anine, sam

To: anine (Amelia Nine)

To: sam (Sameen Lee)

To: kit (Chris Maldonado)

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Date: 19 Sep 2421 14:37:48 +0000

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Subject: Chat Log kit, anine, sam

[14:02]

kit: hello?

[14:03]

anine: kit hi!

sam: is that you?

kit: yes it's really me!

anine: i thought you couldnt chat from there!

[14:04]

kit: not in flight! it tied up the qec too much

kit: but when i heard you got hurt i talked to director soloviev

and he said it was ok since we aren't using the qec much any more

anyway

kit: are you ok? what happened?

[14:05]

anine: i'm ok!

kit: sam said you got hurt bad

anine: bruises mostly

anine: also i lost part of my left leg

kit: oh my god what

anine: below the knee. it's okay! i'm okay

[14:06]

kit: how can you say that? your leg oh no

anine: Kit. Take a breath.

anine: I'm really okay. I promise.

kit: but

kit: i really like your legs!

[14:07]

anine: hahahahaha kit i love you so much

sam: so kit, this jen you've spoken so well of, is that jennifer

story?

kit: yeah, why?

sam: well, i'm not there to swat you for what you just said, so...

[14:08]

kit: haha i bet she would! i mean, i don't exactly have a butt any

more, but she'd find a way

kit: god i miss you both so much

sam: i miss you too, ma petite!

anine: me too!

kit: wish i was there with you

[14:09]

kit: curled up with you both on that awful couch

sam: us too

anine: we're on titan right now though! no awful couches in sight

kit: oh wow, titan? what's it like?

anine: well, the hospital is nice

anine: they're taking good care of me, and the amenities are

wonderful

[14:10]

sam: ah. i'm an amenity

anine: my favorite amenity!

anine: other than that i haven't seen much

kit: not up and around yet?

anine: well, as much as i can be with only the one foot

anine: that complicates things a little!

[14:11]

kit: it would, wouldn't it.

kit: i'm sorry

anine: don't be.

anine: i mean this is weird and i hate it and i'm not really okay

with it yet sure but

anine: if i can make light of it anyway, why shouldn't you?

anine: besides, i want to laugh now, i have to get evaluated for a

prosthetic in a little while

anine: and that wont be fun

[14:12]

kit: ooh, nerve mapping, i bet it won't be

anine: we really should come out there to ross

anine: i mean, on the one hand, we get to see you again

anine: on the other, i hear legs aren't always a problem there

anine: i wanted to ask...what's that like?

sam: we're both wondering!

anine: i mean if it's ok to ask

[14:13]

kit: no, it's okay! uh

[14:14]

kit: i mean at first i felt like i *should* feel like something's

wrong i guess? i mean ive always had legs, and then i suddenly

didn't, and you'd think that would really upset me, right?

kit: or like

kit: amelia, so, your leg...

kit: does it feel like it's still there sometimes?

[14:15]

anine: oh god all the time! that's the weirdest part like my brain

still hasn't got used to it either and keeps imagining it's still

there and it *itches*

kit: yeah, i've read that, phantom limb syndrome

anine: yeah, that's what they called it

kit: and that seems like it should happen here too, right? i mean

i've got tentacles now where i used to have legs, shouldn't i feel

like my legs are still there somehow?

[14:16]

kit: i never did though, not even when i woke up

kit: i mean i was surprised, but it didn't feel *wrong*, i didn't

feel like i was missing parts, or like my tentacles weren't part

of me somehow

kit: which honestly was among the weirder parts of that day, i kept

thinking i should be horrified and i kept just...not being

kit: and i mean

[14:17]

kit: a lot of that had to do with how i feel about the other

changes, i mean i don't even know how to start explaining how

wonderful that was to wake up to!

anine: sweetie you don't have to!

sam: i won't say we understand, ma petite, we can't know what it's

like. but we are both so happy for you!

anine: yes we are!

[14:18]

kit: aw yo utwo

kit: i dont knwo

[14:19]

kit: i don't know what i ever did to deserve either of you

kit: to deserve you both? that's a lifetime's worth of good luck

for this girl

anine: you hush. luck has nothing to do with it.

sam: you should give yourself the credit you're due, ma petite.

[14:20]

kit: you know, you're right

sam: we are!

anine: but when did you ever admit that?

sam: you have changed!

kit: yeah i have! i wish the QEC could send pictures

kit: i mean i look *good* now

kit: tentacles and all!

[14:21]

kit: which is nice since we still haven't really figured out how to

make clothes work for ourselves yet

kit: shirts are ok and i guess skirts or something but we mostly

just don't bother and no one seems to care

anine: hahahaha i wish i could see you! we both do!

kit: well, if you can get places in the third expedition...

[14:22]

kit: how are things back home? some of the rumors going around are

a little scary

sam: it's not good.

anine: i came back from ganymede on a lunar ship, and an earth ship

tried to stop us partway to luna. the captain didn't stop so they

shot at us

kit: what

kit: that's how you got hurt?

anine: yeah

kit: oh no

[14:23]

sam: yeah. no one's done any more shooting yet, but it's just a

matter of time

sam: earthgov probably hasn't made up their mind on what to do yet,

that's always such a mess, and anyway they're worrying about mars

right now too

sam: and we don't *want* a war, we're not trying to make this any

worse than it is already

sam: but we're almost certainly about to have one whether we want

it or not

[14:24]

kit: oh god

kit: but at least you're on titan, we heard about the alliance but

it's so far out, i mean

sam: that's the thinking right now, yeah, it'd be very hard for

earth to hit here, especially with their fleet split

kit: god i wish you were here SO BAD

kit: we're still putting everything back together but at least it's

safe here

[14:25]

anine: us too, sweetie. us too.

kit: what's happening on mars?

sam: no one's really sure but it sounds like the talks broke down,

earth's saying it was sabotage, the belt's calling it a labor

uprising, no one really knows what to think

kit: maybe it'll keep earth so busy they can't make any more

problems

anine: we can hope...

[14:27]

anine: well, it's just about time for my torture session.

kit: oh no, that makes it sound even worse

anine: i'm kidding! it won't be that bad

sam: it had better not be. i'm going to be sitting right next to

the tech the whole time, one yell and he's going to have a very

bad afternoon

anine: i'll be fine! use your words

[14:28]

sam: i will!

sam: "neckhold" is a word

anine: aaaaaaa what am i ever going to do with you

kit: kiss her!

kit: and then kiss her again for me

anine: yes'm

[14:29]

anine: done

kit: that took a while!

kit: good.

kit: good luck with the nerve mapping, lia! and to both of you, and

stay safe, please

kit: don't go making me worry than i'm already going to

sam: we wont. promise!

anine: oops, there's the nurse

kit: ok! more news later when i can! love you both!

anine: love you too!

sam: nous t'aimons beaucoup, ma petite!

[anine: Quit: i'll yell if i feel like it]

[sam: Quit: and i'll strangle a medtech if i feel like it!]

[kit: Quit: well now i'm not worried at *all*]