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[Almost two weeks spent in Malnosso captivity and what does Gregor have to show for it?
Lots and lots of band-aids, mostly. Also a minor cold that has turned into a chesty cough.
Instead of any great torture, drugs, or whatever he'd been expecting, the Malnosso mostly took DNA samples. Blood samples. Tissue samples. He's from further in Earth-universe's future than most besides Ivan, so maybe his specific point in human evolution was of interest. He understands the "lab rat" metaphor pretty well now. There hadn't been a lot of space in his cell, so he's a little stiff and sore. At least the hallucinations are gone. That had been the worst part--having to assure himself that this was a normal reaction to solitary confinement. He slowly heaves himself to his feet, blindly scrabbling for his journal. Writing is not easy with all his bandaged fingertips, so he speaks, sounding hoarse, slightly congested, and exhausted.]
Ivan. [A pause. ] Buffy. Adele. Whoever's...interested, this is Greg. I'm back. [He coughs a couple of times, fairly hard.] The Malnosso...anyway, I'm fine. It...wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I'm heading home now. Did someone take care of my horse?
[He'll take about fifteen minutes to walk home from his spot in the woods.]
Lots and lots of band-aids, mostly. Also a minor cold that has turned into a chesty cough.
Instead of any great torture, drugs, or whatever he'd been expecting, the Malnosso mostly took DNA samples. Blood samples. Tissue samples. He's from further in Earth-universe's future than most besides Ivan, so maybe his specific point in human evolution was of interest. He understands the "lab rat" metaphor pretty well now. There hadn't been a lot of space in his cell, so he's a little stiff and sore. At least the hallucinations are gone. That had been the worst part--having to assure himself that this was a normal reaction to solitary confinement. He slowly heaves himself to his feet, blindly scrabbling for his journal. Writing is not easy with all his bandaged fingertips, so he speaks, sounding hoarse, slightly congested, and exhausted.]
Ivan. [A pause. ] Buffy. Adele. Whoever's...interested, this is Greg. I'm back. [He coughs a couple of times, fairly hard.] The Malnosso...anyway, I'm fine. It...wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I'm heading home now. Did someone take care of my horse?
[He'll take about fifteen minutes to walk home from his spot in the woods.]
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Date: 2012-08-05 11:16 pm (UTC)From:[Action]
Date: 2012-08-05 11:28 pm (UTC)From:Here, then. Prove you're related to the old Count.
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Date: 2012-08-06 01:28 am (UTC)From:I think you've had other proof before.
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Date: 2012-08-06 01:37 am (UTC)From:[Action]
Date: 2012-08-06 11:32 pm (UTC)From:[Action]
Date: 2012-08-06 11:34 pm (UTC)From:[General Alys side-eyes Ivan with reserve.]
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Date: 2012-08-08 12:19 am (UTC)From:Well, then, be a good horse now.
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Date: 2012-08-08 01:41 am (UTC)From:[Action]
Date: 2012-08-09 10:51 am (UTC)From:[And he's still side-eying the horse.]
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Date: 2012-08-09 10:41 pm (UTC)From:[Action]
Date: 2012-08-10 11:48 pm (UTC)From:[Oh, was the question of what he's afraid of meant to make him feel ashamed of his fear?]
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Date: 2012-08-10 11:51 pm (UTC)From:[He stops to cough.]
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Date: 2012-08-11 08:32 pm (UTC)From:That's not natural.]I'd just hate to get injured in this place.
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Date: 2012-08-13 07:29 pm (UTC)From:[Action]
Date: 2012-08-15 12:40 am (UTC)From:[Sure, the old Count Vorkosigan had said horses needed more than that, but he'd said a lot of things that hadn't turned out to be true.]
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Date: 2012-08-15 05:10 pm (UTC)From:[Action]
Date: 2012-08-16 11:42 pm (UTC)From:Ah, what else does she need?
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Date: 2012-08-17 01:06 am (UTC)From:[Action]
Date: 2012-08-17 04:10 pm (UTC)From:[But was it worth remembering? Ivan hadn't really thought so.]
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Date: 2012-08-17 04:12 pm (UTC)From:Re: [Action]
Date: 2012-08-17 09:45 pm (UTC)From:He hopes this is good enough, and that she doesn't decide to suddenly bolt.]
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Date: 2012-08-17 11:42 pm (UTC)From:[Action]
Date: 2012-08-18 02:37 am (UTC)From:Is there something specific you want me to do with her?
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Date: 2012-08-18 02:56 am (UTC)From:[Action]
Date: 2012-08-18 01:00 pm (UTC)From:[Still, Ivan thinks he's managing it.]
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