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I said I was. What do you want?

[he's pretty much completely submerged in the water with the exception of his neck and head. very slowly healing all of the burns on his hands and back. absolutely looks like he was crying at one point.]

[ Comes over to sit at the edge of the pool ]

Why are you ignoring me?!

Because I don't want to talk to you. Why did you bother coming all the way over here?

Because I'm worried about you!!

Reserve at least some of that energy for the people you're sleeping with. I don't need it.

[ Looking at him like he's insane ]

What? Brocade is fine.

You're the one who had that as your very first performance.

[LOOKS AT HIM LIKE HE'S INSANE]

Who the fuck is Brocade?! I meant Vincent! You know. My boyfriend.

[ Looks some combination of baffled/confused/offended tbh ]

What?

I'm not sleeping with Vincent. I've talked to him, like, three times on this boat! And they all fucking sucked!

You told me you're sleeping together.

[there's no anger in his voice (wow wonder where that all went) but he does sound hurt

and then promptly looks confused as he tries to think about whether or not he's talked about that with Vincent--wasn't he the one who said it in the first place...?--only to find there's simply no memory of that]

...I'm positive you told me.

When the hell would I have lied and told you I'm sleeping with the guy who threatened to kill me? And, like -- for what???

It was just last night. You told me because you stay with him every night.

[ Slowly, as you would with a friend going through a psychotic break with no grasp on reality, ]

Eugene. I wasn't at Cirrus last night. Or any other night.

You were. Ask anyone at Cirrus. You gave Tali a plant.

[ His brow furrows ]

I remember giving him the plant, but that wasn't at Cirrus...

[ Something unsettled slips into his expression for the first time, though ]

It was at Cirrus.

If this is your way of trying to take back telling me, just--don't. It's too late. I don't want to talk about it, and I'd prefer it if you'd leave me alone.

I'm not-- I really don't remember what you're talking about!

Then at least have the decency to ask later!

[he chokes up on the last word and then fully submerges himself, mortified]

Eugene...?

[ Oh no...,,

Peers over the lip of the pool ]

Is this why you're so pissed at me? You think I'm stealing your man?

I'm not.

[emerges from the water just to splash him in the face]

What part of "I don't want to talk about it" is hard to understand for you?

[ Is wet now. Drips pathetically. ]

Sorry.

[closes his eyes and leans his cheek against the edge of the pool]

If you aren't going to leave, then at least talk about something else.

[ Reaches out to smoosh some of Eugene's wet hair out of his eyes ]

Does any of that crazy shit I said before seem less crazy now?

[keeps his eyes closed, tense and unhappy]

It didn't sound crazy when you said it. I believed you. You're the one who was acting like I wouldn't.

Hahaha... I'm sorry. Maybe it's projecting.

I wouldn't have believed me. And I didn't believe it myself at first, either. When they told me about the... dying.

[lets some of the tension ease away; it's easier, when they're just talking]

Someone mentioned a "newbie haze". Like you don't believe what's happening on the ship until you've seen it for yourself. I don't remember having that though...

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