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Well that was...interestin'. Elsa, Chris, sorry for the attitude. Bein' part of ISIS seems ta require a certain level of jackass in their employees.

[Private to Archer]

Oh mah gawd. How d'ya live with those people?!

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All right, all right. Fuck. I'm sorry. She's the crazy one. I was kidding.

Ya gotta remember, Chris, this boat is full of people who have some kind of problem, and they all start somewhere. And you're a warden. Yer words have impact. Not just on yerself, or yer own inmate, but on everyone who can hear what ya have ta say. Humor's got it's place, but ya gotta think about who might not realize you're jokin'.

[Great power. Great responsibility. This is a public conversation. Please be careful.]

Christ. I said I was sorry. I was wrong. You can stop reading me the riot act. It was a stupid joke and I shouldn't have said it, okay?

God.

Everyone needs a reminder of how important they are in the scheme of things every now and again. You're more than forgiven, but it needed sayin'. In fact, Ah think maybe ya need ta hear it more often. Maybe then it won't sound so much like a scoldin' t'ya.

[She's gone gentlier now, tone and expression, to mirror the compliment. He's a good kid, and she'd say that if she didn't think he'd puff up about being thought of as a kid.]

Aaaugh. I thought I was over scolding when I graduated.

[She can't help it, she laughs a little, because that is precious.]

Honey, no one is ever past scoldin'. Ah've shaked a finger at men old enough ta be yer great great great granddad, and then some. And vice versa.

Well, when do I get to shake a finger back, dammit?

When Ah screw up.

So like, never.

Ah'm not infallible, Chris. Ah'm sure there'll be a day when it happens here.

[She's walked the line of it before actually. She'd come terribly close to crossing lines with both Alpha and Creed when they were here. She knows she's no angel. It was bound to happen some time. She just hoped it was far off.]