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stark.arya@cdc.org
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[epiphanyfrost]

FROM: barnes.james@cdc.org

She has power and will enforce it. But there is still someone above her.

[Gliese should certainly still be feared, that shouldn't be forgotten.

Her thanks gives him pause. His motivation had been to avoid a situation where she'd become like Wilson and Banner, but he hadn't dwelt much on why he didn't like that idea. Now he is thinking about the why and he isn't sure what to make of it... and it's still a distant thing. After a pause, he settles on a response.]

FROM: barnes.james@cdc.org

Don't die.

[That would be sufficient thanks if she feels the need to be thankful for something.]

[needlebearer]

FROM: stark.arya@cdc.org

Then they're the one I need to find.

[And make them take her back, one way or another.]

FROM: stark.arya@cdc.org

You too.

[Of everyone here, he's one that she really likes.]

[epiphanyfrost]

FROM: barnes.james@cdc.org

Proceed with caution.

[That's the only thing that seems reasonable to say. There's little point in his mind in stopping her, but if she understands that there's high risk of death if she is too obvious about it, that's the best he can manage. He doesn't respond to the second text, considering that to be enough said on that line of conversation.]

[needlebearer]

FROM: stark.arya@cdc.org

Everyone keeps telling me that. I'm eleven, that doesn't mean I'm stupid.

[She'd had to learn caution the hard way.]

[epiphanyfrost]

FROM: barnes.james@cdc.org

Eleven means inexperience. You are not stupid.

[Which is a sincere assessment on his part. She was clever enough to go for the shark tooth on the ice instead of wrestle with a weapon she didn't know. That speaks of a very smart person, but this world is different and has different rules from what she's used to based on what he could tell on her file. A noble house and preference for bladed weapons says she's from a medieval kind of world. Ruthlessness there takes on a somewhat different form from the ruthlessness she'll find here.]

[needlebearer]

FROM: stark.arya@cdc.org

I think I have more experience with this than most of the adults here.

[She isn't trying to sound argumentative there, just plaintive. It's difficult to convey her feelings over text, she's finding. It's such an instant medium here. At home they would have to wait for weeks for a raven to be delivered, so the style of writing would be completely different than these more instant messages.]

[epiphanyfrost]

FROM: barnes.james@cdc.org

Possibly. But less than what is needed.

[He doesn't perceive it as argumentative like some would. Based on her file, it's not an inaccurate estimate of her experience, so it's logical to agree. But also logical to reason that she still has more yet to learn.]

[needlebearer]

FROM: stark.arya@cdc.org

I know. I need to learn more. If there's one good thing that comes from me being here, it's that I have the time to practise and get stronger.

[epiphanyfrost]

FROM: barnes.james@cdc.org

Then you'll survive.

[needlebearer]

FROM: stark.arya@cdc.org

Would you teach me?

[epiphanyfrost]

[A pause. He'd taught someone to use a gun, but this would be a situation where he taught her much more than just that. There's no reason to refuse and a distant part of him sees it as the right thing to do (even if he'd be likely teaching her to kill and she's eleven, but his morals are warped so he sees no problem with that).]

FROM: barnes.james@cdc.org

Yes. Contact me when you return from scouting.