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_“ Hey, it's me. Wait for the thing. _”

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[hostage]

Yeahhhh. People always love me when I'm useful to 'em. And when I'm not anymore, then...

[vaccination]

Then they treat you like shit.

Is Saul doing anything?

[hostage]

[Yeah. Apparently telling everyone Jesse's a rapist.]

Saul's covering his ass is what he's doing. Knows a lost cause when he sees one.

[vaccination]

I'm sorry. [She wonders how quick Steph would drop her if she ended up having to kill people here, or do something else terrible. She loved her, but she said she loved Jesse, too.]

If I knew what to do, or if I could, I would. You know, do something. [She can't really do anything right now aside from be angry on his behalf.]

[hostage]

[Oh, Ellie...]

Hey. You're like one of the only people who's still talking to me. You're already doing something.

[vaccination]

You shouldn't be alone. I don't know about you, but I hate being alone.

[And by hate she means it terrifies her. She hopes they're not alike in that regard.]

[hostage]

It's the worst, isn't it?

[If anything's going to make him actually lose his mind, it's this. But he doesn't want to scare her.]

[vaccination]

Yeah. At least they let you keep your tablet.

[hostage]

Yeah, thank god.

[vaccination]

Just don't break all of it. [No more exclamation point wars.]

[hostage]

I almost smashed it when I saw that shit Sonya put up.

[vaccination]

Me too. And the responses from the shit-for-brains that ate it all up.

[hostage]

Christ. What if I really was crazy? Something like that... Like, what if I blamed Tempest for it? I mean, I know she didn't put Sonya up to it, but it sure as hell coulda looked like it. I hope that bitch don't pull that shit with all her clients. It's asking for trouble.

[vaccination]

I don't think she cared. She just wanted people to dogpile you. I can't believe she has fucking influence here.

[hostage]

Me neither.

[vaccination]

I'd like to see her face if some nutjob went after you because of this. She'd be the one locked in a fucking room. [If Ellie had any say in it, which she wouldn't.]

[hostage]

Nah, she'd pin the blame on somebody else. I know her type. Nothing's ever their fault.

[vaccination]

You and me can't be the only ones that see how terrible she is.

[hostage]

We probably ain't, but when somebody acts like they're in charge then people believe 'em.

[vaccination]

The other one isn't as annoying. Roslyn?

[hostage]

She stopped Chloe from killing me in my cell so that ain't so bad.

'cept for the part where it's her fault I'm here in the first place.

[vaccination]

[Thanks for just dropping that so casually, Jesse. He can probably catch Ellie swearing under her breath. Chloe. She'll remember that.]

Soooo they all suck.

[hostage]

Yup.

[vaccination]

I miss the city. I keep thinking shit wouldn't be as bad if we were still there. [And, you know, not nuked.]

[hostage]

I miss it, too. It was home, you know? And at least if I was there, I'd have somewhere to run.