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[resultofwar]

[Private to Slade]

We need to talk.

[Private to Kay]

How is Cooper?

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[Private]

[resultofwar]

Did he tell you what happened?

[Private]

[most_feared]

He didn't have to. I knew from what he said, and what I was warning him before he left.

A man he was assigned to silence is threatening his family. He came here mid-threat. It's a damn cruel thing.

[Private]

[resultofwar]

Why send him home at all, then?

[Private]

[most_feared]

I don't know. To fuck with me, maybe? I don't even know. I wish he coulda gotten a couple more hours.

The Admiral did say that no time was passing.

[Private]

[resultofwar]

[There's a short pause. This whole caring thing is kind of new for him. :|]

Is this supposed to be motivation to graduate?

[Private]

[most_feared]

Possibly. I think it's cruel bullshit. With the floods, I can at least say that it's a matter of circumstance. But this? Must have been a hell of a heart-attack he had in that moment to bring him here at such a piss poor time.

Just wait it out and he'll come around. I know that he gives a shit, but when people get pissed they say and do things they know they shouldn't. I want to be able to get him back to his family and with his head on straight so he doesn't bullrush into a situation that'll get him shot in the head or make him a widower.

[Private]

[resultofwar]

... It's really possible to have both? [A job like Cooper's and a family, he means.]

[Private]

[most_feared]

A job like Cooper's, yes. As long as his superiors don't change the entire function of his job.

If he evens out, I can help him. As god-awful as it is, and as much as it pisses me off, now he knows that I was right. Maybe I can get him back home. I want to be able to.

But uh... do me a favor and don't give up on him.

[Private]

[resultofwar]

[There's a pause.]

Understood. [This is a big deal for Heero. :|]