#conflictaverse:asks

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⤷ ✧ @conflictaverse said, ❝ have you come to laugh at me in my miserable state? ❞

❛ bit melodramatic, ❜ she remarks, but it's not a criticism and she hides a smile. poorly. ❛ actually, I came to give you a hand. unless you'd rather wallow in your miserable state, that is. in which case, who am I to interfere? ❜ contrary to her words, however, she still slides into a chair beside him, exhibiting no intention of departing.

instead, she offers him the padd formerly tucked under her arm. ❛ I brought you this. thought it might cheer you up. ❜ she had picked it up on comms chatter a few days before, and while their present mission kept them from stopping, she had recorded as much as she could to return to later.

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⤷ ✧ @conflictaverse said, ❝ let me make it up to you. ❞

her shrug is halfhearted, but truly for all her dejected expression, she’ll be fine. ellie is always fine, in the end, her cheer resilient with the stubbornness of rubber. besides, it’s not on sam’s shoulders to make it up to her. ❛ it’s really okay, really truly. not everyone wants to let outsiders in, I know that. ❜ this is not the first and not the last time a new species had declined to share their music.

❛ there will be others. I’ve got plenty to work on in the meantime anyways, so maybe it’s for the better. ❜ she’s always behind, at least now while traveling with enterprise. when she stays in one place, there’s no new cultures to lure her from her current project.