suddenlycaptain | CONTACT ;; ataraxion

Captain Fry? This is Stilinski, Stiles' dad.

This is Fry. I'm assuming you want to talk about how he wants to join the flight crew?

Yeah.

[that's a sigh on the tail end of it.]

Listen, how safe is it down there? I realize there aren't really any safe places on this ship, but still. He's only sixteen.

[who's going to be keeping an eye on my kid?]

I know.

[ There's her own sigh, now. ]

I won't lie to you and say that it's any safer than anywhere else on the ship. It's not, and just a few jumps ago we had some people attempt to steal a shuttle. Situations like this make people try stupid things, and sometimes those things end up happening in the shuttle bay.

What I will tell you is this: there are always at least two of us in the shuttle bay at any one moment. Security patrols there. One of my crew members set up an alarm system near the door, and a surprising amount of my team is either some form of military or has a great deal of training outside of just shuttles. I'm told some of them are fictional on Earth; I wouldn't know, but apparently they're from "Star Trek" and "Star Wars". [ There's a definite question in her voice there; you Earth people are weird. ]

We don't fly... much at all. It's almost all repair and maintenance, because we need to conserve fuel. Work on the shuttles will be monitored until your son proves he can do it, and not only do it well but do it safely. He'll receive flight training but to be quite honest, the chances of him actually using it outside of an emergency situation are slim -- and if it is an emergency situation, I would much rather have your son flying a shuttle than relying on the computers in them.

[it makes him enormously nervous, he isn't going to lie. he worries about his son on a regular basis, nevermind up on this ship, and with the kids he's hanging out with... well, he isn't stupid. there is far less adult presence for those kids.

at least if he's in the shuttle bay, someone older than 16 and hopefully not a former fugitive would be keeping an eye on him.]

If you're willing to take him on, then I'm alright with it.

He's a smart kid, he shouldn't really get under foot, but if he does you can let me know and I'll deal with it.

[ There are only a few former fugitives. Carolyn's not one of them. ]

I'm willing. He seems like a good kid.

[ And in her voice is a hint of a smile. ]

The two of you are lucky to have each other here.

[Stilinski doesn't laugh, the way he normally might. he had one hell of a scare when he'd woken up this month, and he doesn't look forward to something like that happening again.]

Puts a whole new spin on worrying about your kid, though.

I wouldn't really know, honestly. I don't have any.

[ She never will, back home, and here... well, she doubts it. ]

You won't go grey early, then.

[and there's a smile in his voice, just a small one.]

Let's hope not, anyway.

[ And let's hope that she lasts long enough to go grey in this universe. ]

I'll let Stiles know. You know my number if he gives you trouble.

[and he waits long enough for her to also say goodbye before hanging up]

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