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I have a specimen that I think has lived in a bucket for a little too long. I would like a proper enclosure for it. Admiral, it can be plastic if you don't think I can be trusted with glass. [Crane sounds thoroughly unimpressed by this. He's referring to a non poisonous huntsman spider, that appeared in a Rom Com cupboard with Eddie and himself.]

[Crane pauses before continuing.] I'm rather surprised that the murder in the garden was handled so well. Was it because the culprit was reasonably obvious or due to actual police work?

[Private - Rose]

The garden is less quiet than I would have expected. I trust that you weren't affected by the recent events?

[Private - Hayley]

I want to show you some instructions. I need to know if you're capable of performing them.

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[Rose shook her head.] The pool? Hmm...perhaps I can convince Desmond.

I noticed that he's stayed, somewhat against precedent. [Crane shrugs slightly, as if to say that he'll be gone soon enough.]

Exactly. Which is why I need to make use of him while he's here. [She stepped closer to him, reaching up to brush her hair from her face. She really did miss the countryside sometimes.]

Your warden seems unusually quiet.

So you should. Do you have any particular goals in mind? [A willing warden was always a great help in any potential plans.]

And my warden has been very quiet. I suspect that it may be the after effects of the port.

At the moment, I'm simply testing what he will allow. [She shrugged.] So far, he has denied me nothing. But I have yet to try anything but harmless items and trips to the CES.

Perhaps your next request should be for an object to defend yourself, such as a tazer. Although that may be pushing him too far. [After mentioning that, Crane looked around the deck quickly, confirming no one else was present.]

[Rose gave him a genuinely confused look, as she had no idea what that was. She was from a mid 1970s island in the middle of nowhere, Scotland. There were some things still that baffled her.]

What is that?

[Crane looked at her in surprised, but explained.] It's a device. When you press a button and aim it at someone, it releases an electric shock that ought to briefly paralyze them. It's not permanent or fatal. I had one used on me, one memorable time.

[She shook her head.] No thank you. I would rather not inflict that on anyone. [Then, a pause.]

What did you do to deserve it?

[Crane frowned at the mention of 'deserving' it.] The tazer is generally seen as a defensive weapon, reasonably non violent. [He pauses.]

I'm afraid that's at the end of a very long story.

[She put a finger to her lips for a moment.]

Who was defending themselves from you?

A woman named Rachel Dawes. She died a few months later, from completely unrelated events. [Crane shrugs slightly, but he talks about Rachel's death lightly, like it isn't of any real significance.]

[Rose really felt no sympathy for the woman, either, though any kind of death was significant. She was sure she had just been reborn somewhere else.]

Ah. Well, I still don't think I need any sort of weapon, defensive or otherwise.

[Crane resisted the urge to ask Rose to ask for it anyway, so she could give it to him. It wasn't likely to succeed.]

If you feel secure, I suppose there would be no real reason to need such a thing.

I don't feel secure. Not with the people here. But I feel that this warden, at least, might actually be able to help.

[She paused by the railing again and leaned against it idly, not forgetting what had happened earlier, but just choosing not to deal with it.]

Do you fear for my safety?

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