"Chorus?" It's not familiar - but then, of course, that makes sense. KIA, he'd said, she'd died and he hadn't. Freelancer had come down at last and Wash had moved on to other things.
She shakes her head, breathing in deep as she tries to figure out where to go from here. Keeping him talking seems to help - and it helps her too - but figuring out what to say that won't trigger something and make things worse is a challenge in itself. She stops suddenly as everything goes dark, reaching up to her helmet.
"Hang on - something's wrong - " CT fiddles with the display for a moment, frowning, then makes a noise of frustration and just tugs the whole thing off.
And then stops, because everything is still dark, even with her helmet off and her eyes wide open.
"...Wash?" She rubs at her eyes, frantically, and then turns to where she'd last seen him, fear in her voice despite her efforts to fight down rising panic. "Wash, I can't - I can't see."
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She shakes her head, breathing in deep as she tries to figure out where to go from here. Keeping him talking seems to help - and it helps her too - but figuring out what to say that won't trigger something and make things worse is a challenge in itself. She stops suddenly as everything goes dark, reaching up to her helmet.
"Hang on - something's wrong - " CT fiddles with the display for a moment, frowning, then makes a noise of frustration and just tugs the whole thing off.
And then stops, because everything is still dark, even with her helmet off and her eyes wide open.
"...Wash?" She rubs at her eyes, frantically, and then turns to where she'd last seen him, fear in her voice despite her efforts to fight down rising panic. "Wash, I can't - I can't see."