23 - I've Got A Feeling... or Yours, More Like

[thinkb4ublink]

[Slater looks exhausted. He's leaning on his desk and has his hand covering his face.] This better be a short one, Admiral. [Those who are sensitive will feel tired down to the bone, defensive and somewhere between resignation and frustration but not really great examples of either.]

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[socoolbrewster]

Relax, enjoy the ride. It may be Lewis Caroll's wet dream, but that doesn't mean you have to be such a downer.

[A smirk; have a heaping helping of vicious amusement, prickly curiosity, and an undercurrent of the hungriest you've ever been, all with an edge of a baser nature. It's not exactly human, what you're getting over there, Roy.]

[thinkb4ublink]

[It's like drinking milk that's just about to turn but you just can't fully tell you don't like it. For that reason, it seems like he's considering something before talking.] I'll keep that in mind, mate.

[He reaches forward and disconnects, freeing himself of that particular emotion-set. Yeah, he feels better without the hunger. Human, he realises, after a second, and puts him on the 'avoid' list.]