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>[I missed you]

Thanks. It's good to see you again, York.

...I kinda missed you. Seemed like we still had catching up to do.

[Big dorky grin inside helmet what?]

Well, it's not like I really did a whole lot in between leaving the Project and seeing you again, but I missed you too, Allison. There's only so many people out there who know what it's like to be a Freelancer, you know?

>[I know]
>[You still think that even though I'm an AI?]
>[...Nobody here even knows my name is Allison]
>[You'd be surprised, there are a lot of people here]

>[I know]

Yeah, I know. I wasn't exactly holding out hope for other Freelancers, either. I didn't think the odds were that great.

Hey, odds were meant to be beaten.

>[Not really]
>[Guess I'm lucky after all]
>[No, simulation soldiers were meant to be beaten]
>[Only if you're Master Chief, smartass]
~~>[I'll believe that when you show up for real]~~

>[Guess I'm lucky after all]

Guess I'm lucky after all...or you are.

I'll go for you being lucky. I think I used all mine up with not being dead.

>[Damn right]
>[We're both lucky]
>[No, you used all yours up when you got Delta]
>[I'm dead too]

>[No, you used all yours up when you got Delta]

You used up all your luck getting D. You got somebody who's easy to work with.

Can't argue with that. It's like winning the goddamn lottery - I got a sane AI.

...Uh. No offense.

>[Did you just call me crazy?]
>[Besides me, you mean?]
>[I knew what you meant]
>[Punch him in the face]

>[I knew what you meant]

Yeah, I got a winner with O'Malley.

...You were talking about O'Malley, right?

Him and Epsilon and Carolina's...hell, most of them, really. Delta and--well, and you, I guess, now that I know you're one of them--you two are pretty awesome.

>[I'm not really like them]
>[Did you ever meet my AI ex-boyfriend?]
>[Don't forget Gamma]
>[You're right]

>[Did you ever meet my AI ex-boyfriend?]

Did you ever meet Church? Now that I know about the whole AI thing, I'm kinda doubting that he was a ghost, too...

...Seriously? You thought you were a ghost? Delta'd tell you differently....

And no, I can't say I did.

>[I was transparent and I thought I was dead]
>[I waited to see if you were a ghost too]
>[Delta says a lot of things]
>[Church is a real asshole]

>[I was transparent and I thought I was dead]

...I was transparent and I thought I was dead, York. It was kind of an obvious conclusion.

Huh. I guess I spend too much time looking at a transparent guy for "ghost" to be the first thing that comes to my head. Omega never really did like projecting himself, did he?

>[No, he was a creepy bastard]
>[I would have preferred being a ghost, really]
>[Are you saying you would have called me on it?]
>[Now you know why I never jumped you]

>[Are you saying you would have called me on it?]

Not really, but-are you saying if I had shown you the whole ghost trick, you would've said something about the AI thing?

I probably would have had a heart attack. Delta probably would have called you on it.

But somehow? In this place? I'm not really that surprised.

>[Agree to both]
>[Agree to only one]
>[Disagree with both]
>[Ask what he means by "in this place"]

>[Ask what he means by "in this place"]

'In this place?' How does me being an AI on a meatship make any more sense than anywhere else?

Hey, if I can accept a goddamn meatship, I can accept that you're an AI.

I mean, it'd be pretty hard for you to get in my head if you weren't.

>[Good point]
>[This is all just a dream]
>[Maybe I am a ghost back home then]
>[Why do you have an apartment in here anyway?]

>[Why do you have an apartment in here anyway?]

About your head...any reason there's an apartment in here?

Uh.

Cause Delta wanted his own bedroom?

>[That explains why one of them is all in green]
>[Poke around to find out the truth]
>[Redecorate]
>[Accuse him of being a bad liar]

>[Poke around to find out the truth]

Uh huh. Well, it's better than Caboose's head...

[Poke poke poke. Curiosity killed the Tex?]

[It's the apartment he grew up in back on Earth.]

Caboose's? Do I even want to--hey! Be careful in there!

>[Stop]
>[Don't stop]

>[Don't stop]

I'm being careful; I haven't broken anything!

[Poke poke poke]

O-okay, just--[oops, there's a memory of his mom telling him why he doesn't have a dad anymore]--try not to trigger anything that I don't--[oh shit is that Carolina? This isn't PG anymore]--ack!

>[Ask about his parents]
>[Ask about Carolina]
>[Ask what's in the kitchen]
>[Keep poking]

>[Ask what's in the kitchen]

...Should I even go to the kitchen, or will that just bring up more stuff you don't want to talk about?