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[tanker]

[ With no introduction... ]

back home, one of the main things I used to do was train people to control their abilities - i've spent quite a number of years teaching myself control through various techniques, as it's pretty essential for me to keep things in check.

in a bid to feel useful to the community, interest check:

anyone want training sessions? whether you have abilities you're struggling with, or are just looking to get some more control over yourself, I can help.

[Or at least, try to. ]

Comments

[tanker]

john proudstar. nice to meet you, paige

[ He's glad to not be the only soldier around. ]

at least, this place here... it can be full of hope.

[starfortress]

oh, i really like your name.

what you're offering can help with that. spreading hope.

[tanker]

thanks. it means a lot to me.

if i can help anyone, i'll be happy. small victories must be celebrated

[starfortress]

have you been here long?

[tanker]

no, I've just arrived. Yourself?

[starfortress]

i'm new too. still figuring out this place. but it's beautiful.

[tanker]

very different looking from your home?

[starfortress]

my home was in perpetual twilight. i didn't see full sunlight until i was in my twenties.

[tanker]

wow

I come from a desert. It was practically sun-drenched all the time. We often had to ration water, it was so dry.

[starfortress]

we were a very poor mining colony. we had rations too.

[ were because her planet is gone now.]

[tanker]

did you... have to work in the mine?

[starfortress]

Yes. Not manual labor exactly. I flew a mining ship.

[tanker]

did you... did you get paid?

[starfortress]

I was helping my mother and father.

[tanker]

[ That's a non answer. ]

Okay. I won't push.

[starfortress]

I wasn't a slave, if that's what you're asking.

[tanker]

I guess it was. I'm glad you weren't.

[starfortress]

It could have been worse.

[tanker]

I guess so. But I'm glad you're out now, still.

[starfortress]

Thank you. But I'm okay, so is my sister. [ Minus the fact that Paige is dead back home but... yeah. And her parents are likely dead as well.] And I'm fighting to help people who aren't.

[tanker]

I can only approve, considering I'm trying to do do the same thing.