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[ferrixian]

voicetesting up in this motherfucker i'll put something better up here later

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[antecede]

I've heard you're the best mechanic in this outfit. Think you can give me a hand?

[ferrixian]

What's the damage?

[she is nothing if not straight down to business]

[antecede]

My X-wing got pretty banged up in the last sortie. The wiring on my hand's seen better days, too. I'd appreciate it if you could take a look at both.

[ferrixian]

[it's three seconds before bix responds to this message. she takes the first one to close her eyes, and the second one to pinch the bridge of her nose. in the third, she breathes out.]

I'll be at the hangar in five minutes. I'm telling command to clear my schedule for the day.

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[antecede]

[ opens mouth closes mouth ]

[antecede]

Yes, ma'am.

[ferrixian]

[well, he's respectful. that's something.]

Anything else you can tell me more specifically while I'm on my way? "Pretty banged up" can mean a lot of things.

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[antecede]

Well

[antecede]

My escape out of the Sacorria system was hotter than expected.

[ IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A QUIET MISSION ]

[antecede]

Artoo could give you a better rundown of the details, but I had about 5 TIEs on my tail.

[ferrixian]

[honestly, that's enough of a picture. just before she turns on her heel to make her way there, she suggests that she might need two days of a cleared schedule.]

Surprised there was even enough of an X-wing left for you to get home in, from the sound of it.

[antecede]

I'm not. The Force was with me.

[ferrixian]

[maybe —

the next question that comes to her mind isn't, strictly speaking, related to the job at hand. maybe she should table it, because she knows she has a lot of work to do, and she'll need her mind clear and focused to get all the critical intricacies of it right. maybe she should never voice it at all.

but maybe —

she can't help it.]

What did it feel like? When the Force was with you.

[antecede]

Well, it felt like being connected to everything. Every living thing in the universe is part of the Force, one way or another, even if they don't know it. The Force comes from life.

[ferrixian]

I think I know what you mean.

[it sounds impossible, even as she types that, but also it doesn't, at the same time. at the same time, something seems to click into place.]

I've felt it in my dreams sometimes. And sometimes, I see my dreams again when I'm awake, with that same feeling.