[locked to new hires] post-babadon't

[princesspower]

[ Adora fidgets with her communicator, staring at the screen, her brow furrowed as the video feed starts up. She's in a bed in the infirmary, with some bandaging on her head where she's was previously bleeding from the scalp. She looks tired, mostly. ]

Hey everybody. I just - I guess I wanted to say that I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let myself get taken out like that. Everyone had to deal with that because of me. I screwed up. I won't let it happen again. Uh - I guess that's about it.

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[71lines]

And because it was you, it wasn't Setsuna again. Or Catra. Or Stacia.

[princesspower]

It wouldn't have been anyone if I'd been able to handle it.

[71lines]

I said the same thing. Didn't change the facts.

[princesspower]

The fact is I should've been better.

[71lines]

Then be better and don't worry about being sorry. You can't change the fact that you weren't good enough then and no one blames you for it.

[Dammit, when she said "be selfish", she didn't mean in this way!]


Besides, you were only down for, what, two hours, plus the time we were in lockdown?

[princesspower]

Felt like a lot longer.

[ Ugh. ]

[71lines]

At least you got a nap in.

[princesspower]

It wasn't a nap.

[71lines]

No, I guess you'd be feeling more refreshed if it was.

Laugh. It's over.

[princesspower]

I don't really feel like laughing.

[71lines]

Then don't. But do something to relax, don't beat yourself up, and don't stay in 'fight' mode or you'll lash out at someone who doesn't deserve it.

You count in that.

[princesspower]

I'm not lashing out at anyone.

[71lines]

You're not.

[Yet.]

Relax before you do it accidentally.