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[tucky]

[warden filter]

So, uh-- when I first got here, Dr. Cambridge put an implant in me, so I wouldn't have to deal with periods and stuff. But it was a birth control thing too, so that means if I'm having sex I don't have to bother with condoms or nothing, right?

[She sounds hopeful. Please give her the green light to be irresponsible, guys!

(Just kidding, please don't.) ]

[spam]

[Little-known fact: the deck kind of freaks Tiffany out. Out there, space is right in your face, and there's so much of it-- it's impossibly big, and it makes her feel impossibly small. She's never even seen the ocean from the deck of a ship; seeing the entire universe from one is infinitely more overwhelming.

But it's also nice and peaceful, in a way-- not to mention beautiful. So sometimes when she's feeling particularly brave (and right now, post-port, she definitely is) she goes out onto the main deck. She almost always stays away from the railing, opting instead to stick as close to the side of the ship as possible. Sometimes she walks, but it makes her feel a little dizzy. Mostly, she can be found sitting down-- not on a bench, but on the floor, her back pressed against the solid, reassuring Barge wall.

It doesn't matter where she sits. Either way, she can still see the stars.]

[filtered to Mason; dated to after her conversation with Barbara]

This is the kind of message you aren't supposed to respond to and in fact you should delete it off your phone once you have read it and pretend you realized it all on your own. I know guys don't pick up signals sometimes but if I'm real honest girls are the same way even though we're supposed to be better at this stuff so don't feel bad. So in case you didn't already know the signal coming from me is this, I like how things are and will not be unhappy at all if nothing changes but if you asked me out on a date someday I would say yes.

[Look at her, using spellcheck! It doesn't help with punctuation issues, but still.]

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[tucky]

Yeah. There's a lot of good, kind people here.

[themissingpiece]

I don't really know you that well but I'm glad to hear it. It's nice seeing folks happy.

[tucky]

I am happy here. Very happy, I think. Sometimes it ain't all that pleasant, but... Iris once told me that even when the real bad things happen, there will always be people who have your back.

[themissingpiece]

Well, she's right, they'll be there if you let 'em. I'm still working on that one myself.

At the rate you're going, though, I wouldn't be surprised to see you graduated in a couple months.

[tucky]

Really? You think so?

You graduate earlier if you like a lot of people, or something?

[themissingpiece]

Never been an inmate here, just seen plenty of friends graduate. Like Zane, the guy who watches over the greenhouse. I knew him back when he was still an inmate.

[tucky]

Yeah, I know him a little bit. Don't think he likes me too much; I accidentally let his rabbit loose.

[themissingpiece]

He's protective of that bunny on account of who gave it to him. It's kinda hard to explain. The guy's name was Kelsier, he's Marsh's brother. He was kinda... um--sorta like their world's version of Jesus.

But Zane's okay once you get to know him. He used to be real bad and heard voices telling him to kill people. He's still a bit weird.

[tucky]

He was their prophet, you mean.

[She bristles a little at the Jesus comparison, but doesn't comment beyond that.]

We talked about that a little bit once. Messages from God.

[themissingpiece]

A bit more complicated than that from what I gathered. You could always ask him about it.

Yeah, I knew him when he still had that going on. He thought God wanted him to kill, then he thought he was crazy. Turned out it wasn't either of those. Somebody was talking to him but it weren't God.

[tucky]

He don't like me much, like I said. I avoid the wardens who don't like me.

He told me a little bit about that, too. ... I also thought God wanted me to kill, sometimes.