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I believe I've found a project to continue with in the lab. I trust that the infirmary has kept records of the various illnesses that have shown up on board, but as far as I know, no one is studying them. (If I am mistaken, I will find another project or help if it's needed.)

[And there's a pause, like she wants to say something else. She's considering making note of the fact that she's been here for 100 posts, but...nah.]

[Private to George]

Mister Crabtree, it was your inmate to suggest this project to me. I'd like to take him on as an assistant, if you find that acceptable.

[Private to the Infirmary staff]

If you have data from the outbreak of SARS and Bubonic plague that we suffered, I would like to see it. If you feel it would be a breach of patient/doctor confidentiality, I understand - though I would take raw medical data without names attached, if that is acceptable.

[Private to Rhade]

If you are feeling up to it, I would like to show you a game from Vulcan.

[Private to Dick]

I'd like to discuss your relationship with Slade Wilson.

[Private to Trip]

My birthday is approaching. [If he was planning a party it better die now. :|] Your gathering in the pub was...eventful. [Drunk humans are pretty lulzy to her.] I trust Archer left your quarters in tact while you were away. [Lol will she ever get used to saying shit like that. No.]

[Private to Eddie S.]

[After talking with George:] I understand your schedule is quite busy, but if you have the time I would welcome your assistance in the lab.

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He killed 100,068 people I was responsible for. I think it's safe to say that makes my feelings on the subject pretty complicated.

And biased. [But that's why she was hoping he'd say even Slade deserves it.] You were acquainted with him before Bludhaven, however.

I was.

[A beat.] If you'd prefer not to discuss this, I will understand.

It's fine. It's just... complicated.

My deal with the Admiral involves saving people who were killed in the explosion. I'm from a little farther behind in the timeline than Slade is, so it's a little more. Fresh, I guess.

That is admirable. I am curious about your earlier interactions with him. And with his children.

Got anything specific, or do you just want a full rundown of the basics?

I would appreciate particular emphasis on his family.

I didn't know Grant well at all. He blamed us for some... sort of ridiculous stuff and tried assassinating my team, but burnt himself out because his powers were unstable. Slade blamed us.

I met Joey when he and his mom figured out Slade had taken up Grant's contract on us. He helped me rescue the rest of the team, and was a Titan for a long time. He was a good guy.

There was this... incident where he was merged with something that's basically best described as a demonic force. It corrupted him, and after he was able to basically overpower it for a couple seconds, he asked Slade to kill him. There wasn't really anything else that could have been done. We all thought he was dead, but about two years ago now, we found out he'd just jumped - that was his ability, he could possess people when he made eye contact with them - to Slade's body before he died, and possessed him for a little while to try to make a point about how kids shouldn't be heroes. He almost killed my brother and almost crippled one of his friends. Vic was able to download him onto a CD.

Rose didn't know Slade was her father until relatively recently. She was sort of taken in by some of the Titans for a while, and was my friend's daughter's nanny, but she left not long after discovering her own abilities. She was taken in by a foster family, who Slade's brother assassinated, and was rescued by Slade, drugged and convinced to murder her uncle in revenge. The serum he was giving her basically made her crazy. She became the new Ravager, and I'm pretty sure she ripped out her own eye to be more like him.

... I helped train Rose, recently. I went undercover as a villain to try and get in on the society Luthor was setting up, before the Crisis, and my way in was convincing Slade I'd switched sides. I agreed so I could guide her back towards a less unstable life and away from her dad. Slade tried to test me, to see if I'd really swapped sides, and gave her a fake eye made out of Kryptonite to take out Superman. She didn't. Slade greenlighted the strike on Bludhaven. I told Rose that over time, the Kryptonite would slowly kill her, and she ran off. I don't know what happened to her after that.

[The basics she knows from Slade's file; there isn't much that's new here. Some of it, but she's more interested in how Dick tells it, on how he sees it.]

When he took Grant's contract, I assume that was for the sake of revenge. When he killed Joey, it was because he saw no way to save him. I don't understand his actions with Rose. Why did he rescue her, only to subject her to that?

I don't know. I wish I did.

... I think part of it might have been that he thought it was safer to keep her close, since Joey and Grant died because he didn't really have a role in their lives until it was too late. But he's - he was more unstable back home. He might have tried killing us, but he was never someone like Luthor or the Joker or something. But after what happened with Bludhaven, it's kind of like he... I don't know. Picked a side.

The one you viewed him on?

No. I never considered him on the same level as someone I'd consider a "villain", if we're using those terms. I was shocked when he ordered the strike. I didn't think he'd violate his own honor code so badly. [lol he was actually counting on him not to. :C]

Edited 2011-08-10 02:09 (UTC)

[Hum, that's a surprise. A very very interesting one.] Why do you think he did?

I don't know. I wish I did.

You never spoke to him about this.

Right after Bludhaven was destroyed, I tried to pull out survivors and get people to safety. I confronted him briefly, but the universe was about to end, so I had a few more things on my mind than just getting some resolution on that front. I fought with him again briefly during a battle in Metropolis, but we got separated and I took an antimatter ray to the chest for my adoptive father. I haven't seen him since then.

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[A beat. Jesus Christ your life, Dick.] Until coming here.

Edited 2011-08-10 02:49 (UTC)

[Yup. :c] Yeah.

And you have not spoken with him since arriving.

I have, that's just never come up.

And you've never had the desire to speak with him about it? [A beat] To fight him over it?

[Paaaause.]

Back in March. We ran into each other on deck, I confronted him about it, he told me something I didn't want to hear and I attacked him. He kicked my ass.

I don't even know if Bourne ever knew about it, but it was my fault. I was the instigator.

What did he tell you?

That Bludhaven's still a crater. That nothing I'll do here will change what happened.

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[Private] Answer: the writers are dicks. :c

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