beingdifferent | First little lie ♰ Keep me breathing as the water rises up again

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First little lie ♰ Keep me breathing as the water rises up again

[The first image the camera captures is a pair of large brown eyes, blinking sleepily before widening. They dart back and forth as their owner pulls the communicator back, showing a small pale face framed by dark curls, mouth curled into a frown. Zoom back a little more and the starry expanse from the deck is visible in the background.

The girl in the foreground bites at her bottom lip, licks it, looks around again before frowning at the communicator. She pulls it up closer, staring at the screen, and speaks one word with a distinct note of fear in her voice.]

...Mommy?

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Please tell him thank you very much.

I'll be sure to.

Esther, um. We're going to be making port soon. I'm taking my inmate out, and I don't know if you'd...like to come with us?

We're going to visit somewhere soon? I would love to! Will Digby come as well?

Yes. Every thirty-three days or so - that's an approximation - we make port.

Digby can come too.

Thank you! Where are we going this time?

I don't actually know yet. Usually the Admiral doesn't say until the day of.

Then how can you know whether to bring a jacket?

[This makes the Piemaker grin. Esther, why is this the thing you are most concerned about?]

I'd...prepare for anything, really. But usually we have an hour or so to prepare.