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[not_as_i_do]

[Martin is in his scrubs, a thick cardigan over them]

I'll keep this brief in case anyone needs to use the network for emergencies. But if any of you need medical attention, please let me know. I can help. If you can, use text instead of video to keep the lines free.

[he holds up his medical field bag as evidence of his efficacy]

If you aren't out in the middle of this? Stay. Clear. I'm not sure where the non-Different have got to, but we've got to keep as many of us unharmed as possible.

Comments

[not_as_i_do]

Kind of you to ask, John. Doing just fine at the moment, but please do me a favor and find yourself some cover and some SPF 80, at the very least.

[why didn't he chide him for thinking it was brilliant? it really wasn't. but ... but ... oh, but it was thrilling. it was the same thing that had made him want to poke around Krajna Bostiev. the fact that someone told them to stay put made it almost inevitable that he wouldn't. he hadn't quite felt himself when he'd made that decision, and yet he hadn't regretted a moment of it. it was odd. it was all very odd, and getting odder by the day.]

[madman_with_a_box]

Oh, bollocks. You know, I completely didn't think about sunscreen when I went out this morning. Sort of...prepared for New York in September, not an alien Sahara Desert! I promise I'll be safe - find a hat or shelter or something.

[John is sweating a bit, but doesn't look dreadfully worse for the wear. He ducks under an outcropping of sandstone-like rock, and takes a breath.]

Lot of sand, more than I've ever seen. You sure you don't need anything? I can bring bits of whatever I can find about these robots to you, or samples from these planets? Can try, anyway.

[not_as_i_do]

Skin cancer can happen year round, you know. I'm not going to lecture, but ...

Hm. I don't need anything, but a friend of mine is an engineer. He might find some merit in a thing or two if you can get them safely.