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[querulus]

UN: kidomega
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[overconfidently]

( He'd believe it. )

Fine. Unless it's absolutely necessary, I won't cut you off, ok?

( He's still a Summers at the end of the day. )

[querulus]

/Uh, no, not "ok". Name one scenario where it's "absolutely necessary." Just one./

[You're not getting away that easy, Natey boy!]

[overconfidently]

The planet’s about to blow up and we have no way of getting back.

( How’s that?? )

[querulus]

/What?? How is that different than the first scenario you mentioned? See, this is why I checked./

[smh Nate, this is why we can't have nice things.]

/You do recall I've actually died, right? More than once. Not to be a Debbie Downer or whatever, but I know a lot more about what it feels like than you do./

[overconfidently]

Look, it probably won’t come to that anyways, ok? So don’t get all worked up.

( Gosh, Quentin. )

[querulus]

/So we've agreed you're not going to fuck up my psi-comms with your self-sacrifice "spare you the pain" clownery, right? Right?/

[Don't you "gosh, Quentin" him. >:( ]

[overconfidently]

Sure.

( A very Summers reply. c: )

[querulus]

/Uh huh./

[DOUBT.]

/I should mention, Julian's on my network too. I mean, not right now. Obviously. Guy never stops yapping./ [Because clearly Quentin has room to judge on yapping.] /He's on a different channel. And on mute. But still./

[overconfidently]

Ok??

[querulus]

/"Ok" what? I'm letting you know because I have no clue whether or not you breaking my shit would fuck him up too. Or, I dunno, anybody else I might add./

[overconfidently]

Why do you have so many people on here?

( Bro. )

[querulus]

/What do you mean "so many"? I told you one other person. At home I have like... nine-ish. Give or take. Five regularly on open comms during missions./

[overconfidently]

How many do you have here?

[querulus]

/Right now? You and Keller. I met him and Guthrie first, going into some spooky-ass magic library. Offered it to both. Wing-boy told me to take a hike, but Julian's a try-hard so here we are. Hasn't really been a mission that needed them until now, and there's not exactly a ton of extra minds to comb through when I wanna find someone./

[overconfidently]

You keep yourself connected to him all the time?

[querulus]

/Yeah? It's a passive connection. Pings me if he's being mutilated or killed or whatever, makes it quicker to track his location if I need it. You know, precautionary bullshit. I route surface thoughts and all that malarkey through a filter that runs subconsciously, so I only get the important crap./

[overconfidently]

Are we cutting this when I’m back there on Etraya?

( He’s just, you know. Curious. )

[querulus]

/Wasn't planning on it. Why?/

[That's an awful lot of very suspicious questions all in a row, Nate.]

[overconfidently]

I don't like the idea of someone being connected to my mind constantly.

[querulus]

/Okay, well. Ouch. Guess I'll try not to take that personally./

[ :( ]

/Any reason why, or is it just one of your edgy "I don't do friends" things?/

[overconfidently]

It's your make. Your design. You're the one in control.

( He's been around too many others who have been in control or wanted control over him. )

[querulus]

/Nate. Buddy. I say this with all the love in the world, truly. But are you stupid?

I just tethered an insanely powerful telepath with unstable powers to the part of my brain that controls whether or not my heart keeps beating. And then I told him how to find that tether and fuck with it. You really think having a macro that automatically pings me if you get stabbed gives me any kind of control?/

[overconfidently]

So if I asked to be removed from it when I get back, you wouldn't?

[querulus]

/Obviously, I would./

[There's a faint sense of feeling hurt or disappointed from Quentin's end. He doesn't think he did anything particularly shady or weird to deserve this? But who knows, really.]

/It's just a shorthand way for me to keep an eye on people so they don't get dead, but yeah. If you want it gone, I'll make sure it's gone. Scout's honor./

[overconfidently]

( He can feel it and it wasn't his intention to make the other telepath feel that way, but. )

I just needed to know.

( A beat, he glances down where he is. )

I don't like being lied to or left without a choice. I'm not saying you would. But I was curious what your stance on someone wanting to break away was.