video;

[velocette]

[There's very little light, of course; but the faint light from his cigarette and a lighter are just enough to show the two fish bowls he has on his desk, and the silky tails of the two bettas inside them.]

I wonder if this place, being a safer place for some of us than our own homes, doesn't create stagnation. I wonder if, without the Admiral's piloting skills, some of us would just lie down one day and never get back up.

I think that's what was happening with Harvey. It wasn't safe at home, and at least here he knew it would go on and on no matter what he did.

If I ever get another inmate, I'll have to figure something else out to stir up some motivation in them. There's something to be said for the carrot and the stick, I guess.

...Is it dark, or is it just me? [He has to ask that seriously okay]

Comments

[strangehistorian]

It isn't your fault...

[routemistress]

This 'ad better be your idiosyncratic way of telling everyone 'e graduated, Piper, or I know an admiral that's getting a punch up the hooter.

[bodilesswarrior]

You didn't fail him. [Her voice is quiet, and sad, but fervent.]

And no, it's not just you. Power's gone.