[40] - [Voice]

[doctor_j_crane]

[Sounding irritated. And is so oblivious to the fact he's been gone for a while, but has noticed quite a few new posts. Even if Crane hasn't bothered to read them.]

It's amazing how much all of you can talk in one day. This is some kind of flood, I assume?

[Added later. Angry Crane is angry.]

Oh, good show, Admiral. I'll keep in mind that abrupt disappearances are now one of the many punishment options that you offer alongside floods, ports and zero. Bravo.


[Private - Eddie]

Are you in the infirmary? [That fear toxin was heavy stuff.]

[Private - Hayley]

I had to use that toxin for other purposes. It wasn't anything personal.

[Private - Eames]

We need to talk. [Added later.] Did you know that the Admiral was going to do that?

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SPAM - xD

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

Months ago, during a port. He shot me. [Crane took another long sip of his drink. He certainly hadn't forgiven Paddy for what had happened in that port.] There's nothing like knowing what it feels like to bleed out on the floor.

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[aforger]

"Mm." [Something about that single noise suggested that Eames understood.] "Did he apologize?"

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

He did. [Crane paused. He sounded bitter.] He said because it was a port it wasn't his fault. As if that changes anything.

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[aforger]

"Have you ever killed anyone here?" [It was, like most of Eames' remarks, a sincere question rather than any kind of probing or accusation. The warden took a sip of his drink after he asked, dropping his feet from the table and crossing them casually instead.]

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

[Crane noticed Eames' movements and was tempted to read them as discomfort, if not for the fact that Eames didn't sound disturbed in the slightest.] Not directly. I've never shot anyone. I've never killed any of them with my bare hands.

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[aforger]

"Indirectly?" [He was still void of judgment, his tone almost amused more than anything else.]

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

A few. I didn't bother counting. [That was true. Crane hadn't been all that interested in the fallout after the dining hall incident. Crane's indifference probably showed in his tone.]

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[aforger]

"Would you prefer to begin with why or how?" [Eames took another sip of his drink, watching with the same curiosity and idle excitement he viewed Crane with most of the time. The forger loved a good challenge.]

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[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

Fear toxin. [Crane said simply. Eames probably knew enough about the toxin to make his own conclusions about that aspect of it.] And because I could.

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[aforger]

"Perfect segue." [Eames flashed a smile, leaving that topic at that; Capa had already told him about most of it and Eames had learned that pushing Crane for information only got him some, but refusing to listen for a time got him more.] "I need to know whether you told Edward about the fear toxin as you were telling me."

['Need' was not a word Eames threw around lightly.]

SPAM - xD

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

Telling you? [Crane paused, trying to think back to December. He took a sip of his drink, staring at the table for a second as he thought.] When I told you that Arthas had taken it?

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[aforger]

"Yes." [That was it. Everything else about his posture and tone remained the same.]