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[imanapexpredator]

"Um, it's Andrew. Leave a message, I guess.".

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[imanapexpredator]

ok, see you in a bit.

[One of his old roommates stashed chocolate in their room. He kind of misses him.

It's not long before Andrew is floating over to the observation deck, camera hovering beside him with a little baggy of chocolates in his hand. He's tired, but his eyes are always baggy so it's hard to tell.

Either way, he smiles lightly.]

I brought chocolates. Didn't sound like you had enough junk food.

[that_cost]

I'm pretty sure anyone that says we do have enough junk food is only trying to get to our stash. It's clearly a lie.

[ Charlie smiles brightly at him, standing and stretching a bit with a soft groan. She'd been sitting for a bit already, watching the stars through the window. It was amazing and, somehow, kinda relaxing.

And oh, boy was she busy getting junk food. Not only are there cookies, but sodas and chips, too.]

Thanks for joining me. I kinda wanted to talk to you about something. It's nothing you did. Nothing wrong, honestly. But I kinda feel like I fucked up and want to fix it.

[imanapexpredator]

[Andrew floats the chocolates he brought besides the rest of the stuff, crossing his legs into a sitting position while still floating in the air. His brows furrow in concern at her words, not sure what to make of it. The only reaction he knows is to suddenly feel anxious. Even if it's nothing he did he can still worry, okay?]

...What do you mean?

[that_cost]

I kinda...hmm.

[ This is the first time she's had to explain this shit to anyone in detail, so it takes her a minute to figure out where to start. Until then, there's a nervous twisting of her fingers and a slight look of anxiety on her own face.]

My name isn't Leigh Manders. It's Charlie McGee. I have been on the run from some impressively shitty people since I was eleven and use a false name everywhere I go. I don't like doing it. At all. But if it keeps me a few steps ahead of people far too interested in my pyrokinetic abilities who want to keep me under lock and key or potentially worse, it's what I have to do.

I realized recently that this is the longest I've been in one place and they can't get me here. Unless somehow they show up, but I figured the odds of that happening are slim to none.

[ She let's that sink in for a moment, still toying with the hem of her shirt and looking for all the world like she expects this to go horribly.]

I'm telling you because you're my best friend on this ship. It isn't fair to you to keep letting you think my name is Leigh.

[imanapexpredator]

Charlie?

[Well, he hadn't been expecting that. But seeing as how he had kept his powers secret for that very concern - that people wouldn't react well to it, that they might want to take him and his friends and do some weird experiments or something, he can understand that. It never actually happened to them but in Charlie's world it was clearly a legitimate concern.

If Andrew had any fucks to give when he arrived here he might have done the same thing, honestly.]

I...I mean, I guess that makes sense. You have to look after yourself, right? [It would explain some things, that's for sure. It's not like Andrew himself isn't incredibly secretive, if for different reasons.

His lips quirk into the smallest smile for a very brief second.]

Thanks...for telling me, I mean. You didn't have to.

[that_cost]

[ It's not like Charlie's going to blame Andrew for his phrasing. It's not like he knows she's been on her own for years. So when he says it, there's a split second where something in her facial expression gives away loss, possibly a loss she blames herself for.

And while she's not trying to hide anything else from him, she just can't bring herself to talk to him about losing her parents. So she straightens and smiles a bit more, nodding. ]

Exactly. I'm the only person like me where I'm from, and therefor the only one who'd know how to keep myself safe.

[ That's as good an explanation as any. ]

I didn't, no. But I trust you. You haven't given me a reason not to, so you deserve better.