[video] dos;;

[falla]

[ She's so not ready for making a video and putting it up here for the Transports to see...but this isn't the sort of thing you can just convey over text. This is actual important information she needs to share with them, frustratingly vague as it seems to be. ]

Hello Ex-Exsilum.

[ Perfect start. ]

My name is Charlie, Ch-Charlie Dyer. I was w-with the rescue g-group on the compound.

[ She stops there and takes a breathe. While she had some time to clean herself, she looks...well, beaten up, Even with long sleeves and jeans the darkening purple creeping up her neck and the cut over her left eyebrow make it obvious she got in one too many unfair fights. ]

I found something. It was be-being guarded, so I knew it w-was important. [ She holds the diamond storage device up for a moment. ] Had the Initiative p-people crack it. It has...um...

[ She puts the device down and picks a paper sheet up. ]

"A system of sch-schematics that show the breakdown of an un-unnamed event over the Island of Exsilium, including m-models tracking the presence of some element o-or another for fifty, one hundred, and two hundred years."

[ She puts the sheet down. ]

Wh-whatever it is, they're l-looking at us. B-been looking at the island f-for a while. Maybe th-this makes more sense to so-someone else here? A-anyway, that's that.

I n-need to sit down...

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[Video]

[falla]

[ She smiles despite feeling all beaten up. ]

Just a b-bit.

[sawhatyoudidthere]

[Her smile shifts to concerned, but she knows Charlie will be fine.]

There's a clinic here, I believe. If you need it.

[falla]

[ Yeah, she has gotten beaten worse in the past. Her concern is touching though. ]

I'll p-pass by soon.

[sawhatyoudidthere]

[She nods with approval and smiles. Injuries are injuries, they should be seen to.]

It was brave of you to retrieve the information. I'm certain everyone appreciates it.

[falla]

J-just doing my part.

[ She truly believes so. Also that nobody should get hurt if she can get hurt for them. ]

[sawhatyoudidthere]

[Her smile brightens. Humble but honest are always admirable traits. She'll glide the topic elsewhere.]

How have you been otherwise? You have an umbrella now, I hope?

[falla]

I do.

[ Actually she doesn't but she's pretty sure that will only prompt her to buy one for her. Which is like, all kinds of weird. ]

a bit h-hectic, but okay.

[sawhatyoudidthere]

Times of war can be like that. I'm relieved you're managing. [There's the faintest frown slipping through her smile and otherwise bubbly air.] I won't keep you any longer, but please take care of yourself in the days to come.