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[hostage]

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

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[vaccination]

If you think tossing me into a body of water counts as teaching, I'll bite your ear off.

[She feels the need to establish this.]

[hostage]

Oh my god. No, seriously, I wouldn't, like ever.

[vaccination]

Just checking. Joel was teaching me back when we were in Exsilium, which is why I can float, but that's about it.

[hostage]

Don't worry, I'll teach you right. Teach you how to surf, too. They got huge waves out there.

[vaccination]

Whoa, surfing? That's--[SCARY AS FUCK]--seriously? Like, I'm pretty sure it's going to take me forever to learn how to not drown.

[hostage]

Come on, you think I'm gonna let you drown? You'll pick it up.

[vaccination]

I know. [She does wish it was Joel teaching her, because that had been fun when it wasn't frustrating. Just like with the guitar lessons. But she has a feeling neither of those things are going to be happening for a long time.]

It's just--scary. I barely even got to the deep end of the pool, let alone the ocean. It's so big, who knows what the fuck is in there? What about sharks?

[Big surprise, the girl has very little understanding of the ocean.]

[hostage]

The water's so clear, you'd see a shark coming a mile away. Don't worry about it. And we won't go deep, not 'til you're cool with it.

[vaccination]

Alright. [She'll trust him on that.] When you're out, we're doing this. Screw everyone else.

[hostage]

Deal.

[vaccination]

And now I'm even more pissed off at these motherfuckers keeping you in there. [She'd kill to go right now.]

[hostage]

[Same.]

I'd say tell 'em, but they'd probably arrest you.

[vaccination]

I'd like to see them explain that one. And deal with Joel.

[hostage]

He's pretty scary, huh.

[vaccination]

Sometimes. He's just been through a lot. He's had to be tough.

[Which is why she can't be too upset at him for drawing into himself when he's hurting. It's difficult for him to be vulnerable.

Doesn't mean it still doesn't hurt her, though.]

You don't need to worry about him being scary at you.

[hostage]

You sure about that?

[vaccination]

Yeah. Positive. Just... tell him about Brock. He'll figure out the kind of person you are.

[hostage]

Yeah...

[vaccination]

And that's not a bad person. Joel was a smuggler. He'll get the rest of it, too.

[She'd asked him once, if he had killed innocent people. She took his silence on the matter as a yes. Whatever dirt is on Jesse's hands probably wouldn't make any alarms go off.]

If it comes up, anyway. I doubt you're ever gonna be interrogated by him.