[There's a long delay on his end, too. He ends up writing it several times without sending. In the end, he decides it would be most disingenuous to try and pretty it up or talk around it-- so he's direct.]
[It's much harder for him to swallow the insult this time around. This conversation has turned on a dime, and is suddenly about something much bigger than just the CDC to him.]
FROM: anders@cdc.org
i tried that once before you know. acting like things didnt make me angry, because i didnt think there was anything i could do to stop them
FROM: anders@cdc.org
heres the real secret: i was just as disappointed then. i just didnt want to admit it. at least now i know im doing something about it
FROM: anders@cdc.org
youve been through a lot. maybe you should take a break for a while
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im saying that its not a simple thing, bringing someone back from the dead, and that you should be careful, that's all
FROM: anders@cdc.org
maybe the cdc had a coupon for the free return of any recruit sacrificed in a pointless trust exercise
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FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
i never said i thought it was simple
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
ur blue what did u do for the pointless trust exercise
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FROM: anders@cdc.org
i killed someone
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jesus sorry
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
i wont ask about it again
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its fine
FROM: anders@cdc.org
we all made a choice. it wasnt easy on any of us
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yeah thats life i guess. good 2 know its the same in space
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some things never change, no matter where you go. doesnt make it any less of a poor excuse
FROM: anders@cdc.org
if you wont ask, i wont either
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u think like that 2 much ur going 2 spend 2 much time angry
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
yeah i dont really want to talk about it. sorry
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sometimes theres good reason to be angry
FROM: anders@cdc.org
id rather that than nothing at all
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ill let u in on something u stay angry long enough u just end up disappointed
[A moment later-]
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
shit sorry
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
ur a grownup u can think 4 ur self
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
i guess dying makes u an asshole
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FROM: anders@cdc.org
i tried that once before you know. acting like things didnt make me angry, because i didnt think there was anything i could do to stop them
FROM: anders@cdc.org
heres the real secret: i was just as disappointed then. i just didnt want to admit it. at least now i know im doing something about it
FROM: anders@cdc.org
youve been through a lot. maybe you should take a break for a while
[If she's going to be an asshole, he means.]
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FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
u know best whatever sorry 2 bother u