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[fireincarnate]

[Jean looks pretty bad, on the surface; her costume is singed and torn, she's covered in blood and gore.

But she doesn't look pained or tired. She's sitting against an ancient oak tree, legs crossed atop dying grass.]

How are things on the Barge? It's getting worse down here - sudden fissures, rabid animals, and I think something's wrong with the atmosphere.

[Private to Philip]

How are you doing?

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[video]

[tucky]

In the hallway on the third level.

[video]

[fireincarnate]

[Third level. Her brow furrows, slightly.] If you tell which me which rooms you're near, I could give you the quickest route to the infirmary. [Having a photographic memory is a double-edged sword, but it does come in handy. Figuring out your quickest escape routes, well, that's just being an X-Man.]

[video]

[tucky]

I know how to get to the infirmary; I work there.

[video]

[fireincarnate]

Yeah, but - [Wait.] Where are you trying to go?

[video]

[tucky]

I'm helping people out. Being a good Samaritan and everything.

[video]

[fireincarnate]

[That's - okay, that's not something she can actually argue with. Her smile is rueful, and admiring, as she shakes her head.]

Okay. But - you've got to look after yourself, too.

[video]

[tucky]

Trying to.

[video]

[fireincarnate]

[Her expression turns sceptical.] How do you feel, right now?

[video]

[tucky]

... Why?

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[fireincarnate]

Because you don't look that great, and...it's easy to ignore that, when you're trying to help people. Before you know it, you're dead on your feet and a prime target.

[video]

[tucky]

I want to be brave. I want people to say, "Tiffany did good, and I'm proud of her".

[video]

[fireincarnate]

I'm willing to bet they already are.

I'm also willing to bet that they'd rather you were hurt as least as possible.

[video]

[tucky]

Yeah, well, that ain't an option up here right now.

[video]

[fireincarnate]

Sure it is. You can pace yourself, and get what rest and healing you need. You don't have to kill yourself helping people, Tiffany. You matter, too.

[video]

[tucky]

I'm not killing myself. I haven't died today.

I'm glad you said it and it's nice hearing it, but I'm not saying I don't matter.

[video]

[fireincarnate]

Good. It's just - something I needed to hear, when I first came here.

...Today?

[video]

[tucky]

We're all coming back right away.

[video]

[fireincarnate]

Well, that's - good? [It is, really, but her features twist with discomfort.] ...How many time have - ?

[video]

[tucky]

Stopped counting.

[Her voice is clipped and short; she's forcing herself to not be affected by this.]

[video]

[fireincarnate]

[She can't help but grimace. Every time she thinks she's used to it - ]

...Is the death toll still there?

[video]

[tucky]

Yeah, I hurt like hell basically everywhere right now.

[video]

[fireincarnate]

Dammit. [Her shoulders slump, against the bark.] If I was there, maybe - [No, no use for that.]

[video]

[tucky]

... Why, what could you do?

[video]

[fireincarnate]

Tweak it, maybe? [She shrugs, a bit helplessly. It looks almost comical, in her her bloody Phoenix colours.] It was screwed up, after the Mirror Barge, and I - was able to fix it, somehow.

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[tucky]

I am just ignoring it.