[IC Contact -- Snowblind]

[bookofnope]

[There is a click noise. It sounds as though it might be judging you.]

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[swatsflies]

My friend said not to trust him and I trust her. When I was in the group, she was the closest one to Angel besides Rhys. She's also really smart. If she doesn't like someone then it's definitely for a good reason.

[Beckett might hear his sneakers on the wood floor as he shifts from foot to foot.]

He could, but then we don't really know what kind of person he is. I still don't like that we haven't heard from Rhys or Angel yet. Think they both happened to break their tablets? [Or both got eaten... yeesh.]

[bookofnope]

[By contrast, Beckett's thoughtful silence is very much that - silence, stillness. Worry battling aversion to... everything about this.]

Call me a pessimist, but such disappearances do have a very easy explanation.

[His voice is flat, detached. He doesn't know if Zell, or anyone really, knows how much he cares for Angel. He would honestly prefer to keep it that way.]

[swatsflies]

[Zell needs to gain the detached skills.]

Yeah, which is why I'm checking with people first. Man, I HOPE they didn't die...[Seriously, they already had spiders playing operation. They do not need to wake up in a body bag on top of that... if they even wake up.]

Look, I'm only talking to you because she thinks you're really great. [And not a creepy blood-sucker like everyone else thinks.]

[bookofnope]

Hoping one way or another is pointless. We'll know when the obituaries go up.

[You should try this resignation thing, Zell. It's good for you. It beats worry.]

And she does not, apparently, think I'm great enough to respond to just at the moment.

[swatsflies]

[Can't stop. Won't stop.]

Don't take it personally, man. She hasn't been responding to anyone.

[Not even going to touch the obits part.]

[bookofnope]

Personally? Of course not. [Don't be ridiculous. He has no feelings here. None whatsoever.]

But I do hope that, if she is hiding from Jack, she is not feeling as though contact with anyone else could be dangerous.