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[11calls]

[Alex really doesn't normally do video posts; her medium is audio. She's still on the planet obviously, sitting with an extremely large cup of what is obviously coffee in front of her, especially if anyone has met her before. But there's something unsettled about her right now and obviously so as she fidgets. In front of her is a small electronic device similar to a phone, and clearly there's something familiar to her on it, indeed it's embossed with a familiar image and an equally familiar back inside of the logo.]

Uh, so two things. One, does anyone else think that maybe we should be worried if Navi doesn't come back soon? I mean it's weird right?

[Alex fidgets harder and bites her lip before she asks softly:]

Has anyone else found anything from their own world on one of the planets? I mean not necessarily our own worlds because I've never seen anything like whatever this recorder is, but the stuff on it? I mean, that's...

[Alex pauses and then continues.]

This is my show, my podcast. It's weird that it's here in outer freaking space.

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[11calls]

Nah, I don't want him to start thinking that everyone is out to get him here or something. He's difficult enough at times.

[Which is an understatement, honestly.

But there's amusement in her voice.]

Thank you. Really, though.

[albatrossomen]

[It's audio, so the faint smile will be missed, but the approval will still come through in his tone.]

A well-reasoned response. You're correct, we should not aim to intentionally make him an enemy.

[He'll do that on his own quickly enough.]

Of course. I do hope he begins to acclimate soon, and to stop taking his frustrations out on you.

[Humans like to do that. Admittedly... so do Celestials, so he can't talk there.]

[11calls]

I know. It’s hard because I have to do a fair amount of babysitting with him back home too because he’s... well you know.

[An asshole. ]

But normally he’s not fighting me so much when I’m doing it.

[albatrossomen]

Abrasive?

[He'll offer a nicer way of putting it but... yes. Richard Strand is absolutely an asshole.]

Has something changed?

[11calls]

Yes but I’m not sure how to explain it. I mean back at that point in time for him we were...fine I guess? We worked together well for sure and he showed up with a black tape from my own back yard like a peace offering. But he was keeping so many secrets then and they’re secrets I know the answers to now and it bothers him. I don’t blame him really.

[albatrossomen]

So not only is it a matter of your timelines being out of sync, but secrets revealed inorganically. Without the groundwork of that time spent together It does make sense he would be hostile to the idea of you knowing more than he was prepared to divulge.

[He's still being an ass about it.]

Perhaps the recording from your show will help as evidence, at the very least, that things between you had changed.

[11calls]

[Alex just mutters: ]

Only if he listens to it and I can’t make him.

[albatrossomen]

[Surprised.]

He is refusing?

[11calls]

I think so. I don't know. He seems to be even if he's the one who has it.

[albatrossomen]

Perhaps he is not yet prepared to accept the concept of different timelines, nor what he might discover in your recordings?

[11calls]

He does always love to stick his head in the sand.

[albatrossomen]

Denial is comfortable. Safe.

[An unfortunate fact of life.]

[11calls]

Yeah. And he practices it more than anyone I've ever met.

[albatrossomen]

An expert in the field, I presume?