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[Kidale was lounging on his bed, working on piecing a story back together in his head, but -- Compassion 3 Solar. The moment he hears the sobs, that story's history, and he's bouncing out of his bed to fuss over her.]

What's happened?

[She wraps her arms around him and cries onto him instead.]

People are so mean! Today was the worst day ever.

That...would be pretty bad.

I had a fight with the people from apartment E again, and then this little kid started picking on me, and it's all just terrible, I don't even want to go out of my room tomorrow...

A little kid?

I dunno, he's younger than us. He's one of the new arrivals and he was picking on me cause I don't know what I want to do with my life and it's not my fault I never thought I'd have a life. If you knew you were gonna die your whole life you wouldn't make plans for it either...

[Squeeze.]

Remember, it's just words. We've all got to figure out what to do, even if people had plans before.

Is...is it wrong if my hopes and dreams are raising a family with you?

It's, um, not wrong. I hadn't thought that far ahead. But isn't wanting a family natural?

Neither had I...he just...he made it sound like wanting a family was such a bad thing...

I don't know what I want. And I feel like such a failure for it...

No more or less than anyone else here. Heck, as long as you've got figuring out what you want to do on your mind, you're probably ahead of the curve.

[She sighs and nuzzles into him.]

Maybe we'll want kids one day...maybe we won't...I sure as fuck don't want to think about it right now... I just...want the freedom to think about it...

And the guys from apartment E were at it again...I even passed out...

Very few can take that freedom away. You can think about whatever you want.

At it again...Will you be okay?

[He starts idly rubbing her back.]

I just want them to be nice to me... I was nice to them and they were mean to us for no reason, so I've been warning the new people that they're dangerous and now they're mad at me for telling the truth and they want me to stop and I said I'd stop if they'd be nice to me cause I was nice to them before all of this started and they won't...they said they won't...

[Wow, way to put a spin on what happened.]

Unfortunately, they're the sort of people where they'll be mad unless their demands are quickly met unconditionally.

At least they helped me when I passed out. But then they saw my scars...

What did they do?

They know everything, Kidale... I just got so upset, I started telling them things and they're still mean to me...

I think we've established that they're not likely to let sympathy sway them.

I hate everything, Kidale. You're the only good thing in my life right now.

[Oh the DRAMUZ]

Come on, it just feels like that right now. You keep at it, and you'll get more things going for you.

At least I've got you...you make me happy, Kidale...even when I'm this upset...

What if something happens to me?

[She whimpers and clings tighter.]

Then I'll tell Dellen to bring you back again. If she could do it once...she can do it again...

...I'll do everything I can to make sure you stay happy, Becca.