Thoughts from Andromeda part 47
By ElementalsAdvocate
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April 22, 2819. Shipboard Time 04:05, Day 37 after Arrival. Andromeda Galaxy, Heleus Cluster, En route to Nexus in the Zheng He System from Planet Havarl, Faroang System.
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SAM, start recording.
Vice Admiral Pertinasus is dead. He died late last night. Just dropped unconscious and Doctor T'Perro couldn't wake him up. So he's dead, and Doc's pissed at everybody, especially me, and all the turians are being very stoic about everything, but you could cut the tension on this ship with a knife.
We put the Admiral's body in a stasis pod to preserve it, and we've put the pod up on the Verandah with an honor guard at Commander Varenthus's request. Liam was ready to volunteer for the guard, but Varenthus had a rotation of the other turians already in mind. Liam was a little bummed about that. Then Varenthus made a point of putting me and Rix on the first watch through the night. So now I'm tired and grumpy and all I want to do is go to sleep and - and I can't stop thinking about that it.
Fuck me. I didn't think that old spike's death would hit me like this. I knew him less than a week and here I am shedding tears for the tough old fuck.
Fuck. I need sleep. SAM, don't wake me up for anything short of the ship blowing up.
{Understood Scott.}
… And when I say-
{-You meant don't wake you up for anything short of an actual emergency.}
Natch.
{Pardon?}
Natch. It's short for "naturally".
{Understood. Sleep well Scott.}
Recording ends.
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Authors Note
Happy New Year's everyone! A short piece to start the year, but being true to the character, Scott really didn't have a lot to say about this point, but there's a lot going on underneath and there is a ton that I want to keep sharing with you, my followers and my readers.
Once again, please read, review, and enjoy!