[voice | Robin]

[pixieboots]

[ The silence in the background is full and steady, which makes the fast, uneven breathing behind the tablet a little more out of place than it might have been. ]

My friend, he- Jericho. [ a huffed breath out. ]

They- it wasn’t even an accident. He didn’t have a pulse when I... when I got here. [ not a certainty, the accident part. but a guess. a good guess his head's rushing to already, but he's too upset, too angry to think it through right now. ]

I don’t know how long it’s been but you- you could tell that with the right equipment. With the fractures and the head trauma that’s- that’s a lot of- [ work to do is what he doesn’t say.

no he won’t say that. ]

Whatever it takes, I’ll- whatever the white coats use to bring people back, we’ve gotta use that. There has to be a way, there just...

There has to be.

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[oncearanger]

It would help if I knew who killed him.

Do you?

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[pixieboots]

I- [ wow this guy's perceptive. Or maybe there'd been more in his voice there in that frantic message he'd left the network than he'd thought. ]

...no. I- I mean I know what the evidence says, but I can't do a workup here. I need a whole lab for that. [ he hesitates before he speaks again. ]

You know if anybody had it in for him?

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[oncearanger]

I'd offer you my lab, but it's largely demolished. I know of at least a few other labs still standing that might be able to help you, though.

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[pixieboots]

Really? [ there's a real note of hope there. ] Which ones?

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[oncearanger]

Have you asked Tony Stark? He announced recently that his facilities are intact.

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[pixieboots]

No...

But I'll add him to my list. I could use all the help I can get. [ LOOK AT HIM making lists like a real professional. ]

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[oncearanger]

Okay.

And let me know if there's any way I can help too.

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[pixieboots]

I will. Thanks, Mister.

[ and there's a pause while he considers that. ]

You know him pretty well?

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[oncearanger]

Jericho?

He's helped me out of a few tough situations. And I was learning sign language so that we could communicate more easily.

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[pixieboots]

Yeah, me too... [ the sign language and the tough situations; they both apply. ]

Wish I'd picked it up faster.

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[oncearanger]

But you'll still have a chance later, right? He's not gone forever.

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[pixieboots]

Yeah...

Yeah, you bet he's not.

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[oncearanger]

Right.

So let's get this sorted out for his sake.