"There is that," B agrees, and thinks he ought to try talking to her again soon.
He settles back, music taken care of, to wrap an arm around Lark's shoulders again, rubbing his far shoulder warmly. "You tried to hurt the last ship? What happened?"
"I was an inmate and I wanted to go home." As simple and selfish as that. "No one communicated with the old Barge that I know of. Not like we have with this one. But back then it wouldn't have mattered to me anyway; I wanted to hurt the Admiral."
"Guessing that didn't work out so hot." Since the Admiral is still alive and, if not well, at least okay, and still in charge of them. "And you graduated eventually."
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He listens to a few bars of the song. "I think sometimes of everything I did to try to hurt the ship. The old one--I never tried to hurt this one."
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He settles back, music taken care of, to wrap an arm around Lark's shoulders again, rubbing his far shoulder warmly. "You tried to hurt the last ship? What happened?"
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