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Cook woke me up again. 90210 wanted to have a chat. Since she's in charge I can forgo my nap. But I needed something stronger than soup to wake me up. Cook just shrugged and said, "you'll just go back to bed again and complain about not being able to sleep". He has a point.

90210: I'm not worried, but I needed to chat. What do understand about the Green Star?

Me: Kat knows better. Her people have a bitter history and Humans are her specialty.

90210: I know, but no one wakes Kat from her Kat-nap. You could die in her dreams.

Me: [laughter] A fate worse than Death itself... You're human so what don't you understand?

90210: I expect them to be swayed by compassion.

Me: Or logic, or rational behaviour. The humans I've known can be chaotic but like any other species they are capable of forming healthy connections and means of communication. These humans seem to have had it bred out of them.

90210: It could be that. It was hard to tune them out and so important that no one else could tune in. I can command a ship but not a planet of lunatics or a crew infected by their insanity.

Me: Kat chose well.

90210: Thank-you.

[sipping tea / sipping soup / lots of sipping]

90210: I needed to hear that. Not just from anyone, but from a fellow Xeno.

Me: You're a hero you know. The quiet kind that no one notices because there's no need to rise to the occasion if the occasion doesn't arise. Kat will tell you that you did well.

90210. She already knew when she handed control over to me. Not one ruffle in her fur. I'm always amazed by her. She said I'd do fine because she knew I would. All I had to do was make it happen. So I did.

Me: Ah, motivation. The fear of having to wake her up.

[we both laugh]

90210: There was that.

Heroes. Write about heroes, fictional or real.

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