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it beats the alternative.

⠀ 𝓴nock 、knock — knuckles rapping against office doorframe. engineer hovering just outside the threshold. “ ma’am.ᐣ i can come back later 、if now’s a bad time. ” ⠀

⠀⠀▊ ▋ ＊ 𝚟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 for the p͟r͟e͟s͟t͟i͟g͟e͟ of 𝔨𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 the infamous 𝚜𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢 𝙨𝙞𝙭. 〞

Ah- well it’s not anything like that! Just, sometimes you feel/ are so gross after a long day you go to take a hot shower to kinda melt it off and wash…..but sometimes you also forget to turn on any cold water and you end up like a frog in a pot slowly boiling 💧

That’s- not a thought a higher up should hear. So sorry.

……………….. r. right. yes. okay. i shall do. that. because i’m not claustrophobic.

Accidentally boiled myself in the shower

what. no. of course not. no.

nnnnnnnnnnnnn. no.

flowers grow back after they are stepped on. so will i.

( grimace. ) oh, joy.

i swallowed a soul. there’s no necromancy on your planet— it may have solved your space travel problem. here’s a lesson. thalergy, the energy of life. the life of a soul. it’s enough power to keep one alive for millennia.

any cells of mine that die can and will regenerate. i’ve tested it out already. well, … not in space.