hadriel | 002 [Video]

[Aside from having a new--or maybe not new, but different--hat that may have suffered a little bedazzling, Connor looks pretty much the same as last time he spoke on the network. He has something somewhat less abstract to talk about this time, but it's even more serious.]

Although the Clinic is well-suited to the needs of many here, and that's a great accomplishment in this situation, it's unable to provide assistance to a portion of the population that needs non-standard medical treatment.

[Mostly, as far as he knows, that's a problem for individuals who might be mechanically-based, although he isn't ruling out that there might be other types of beings he doesn't know about who also can't be helped with standard medical treatment. So he's being general right now, trying to account for everyone, which also helps in keeping things vague as far as individual people and what they might need.]

Because worlds vary, finding those with the skills they need to help these people might be difficult, but at the very least we can make sure those who can't go to the Clinic have the basic supplies necessary to take care of themselves. But again, because worlds vary, we won't know what all those supplies are unless we compile a list. I know there's an option on these phones to hold private conversations, if anyone may be concerned about giving specifics information about themselves, so supplies on the list can be added mostly anonymously.

[With any luck that means he can add some things to the list himself and no one will know who they're for. He'd like to avoid ending up in a situation in which he bleeds to death from an otherwise treatable injury just because there's no thirium available here.]

Additionally, since necessary items are likely to require making arrangements with the gods, if anyone is willing to help with that please let me know.

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I'm aware that not everyone is human. I thought you meant they were trying to learn something in specific.

I don't see how forcing people to do them favors just to get basic medical supplies is considered fair, particularly when it's their fault we're here to begin with.

They are. About the ones who might need help. [It's better to learn before the emergency. Right?

Anyway.]

They don't have control over the Door. [Maybe? Was that still true?]

[Connor questions just how much anyone is concerned about learning to help those who aren't organic in nature, considering his conversation with Kate, but he's just not going to bother arguing that. Instead he'll just be scathing about the last part.]

So they're incompetent as well as selfish.

[Not having control over the Door is absolutely not a point in their favor, especially if it meant they were messing with something they didn't understand and ended up putting a bunch of people in danger because of it.]

They're trying to survive. [Jo doesn't think it's the best solution for survival, but she can still understand the feeling.]

They could do better, but they're trying.

They're using us.

[And he's tired of being used; it was his entire existence back home and now it is here too, free will or not.]

As far as being used goes, it could be far worse.

[At least Rage hasn't tried to make her kill anyone she cares about. Even back home, that couldn't be said now.]

They are trying to fix the Door. So people can go home.

So it's fine just because it could be worse?

[Ugh, humans; he'd be more incredulous if this weren't an argument they used to justify doing all sorts of terrible things.]

Do you really think they're going to just send us home?

[Jo sighs. That's not what she meant.]

I hope they will.

We'll find out.

[He's not holding his breath, even though he doesn't need to breathe.]

Edited 2018-09-03 21:18 (UTC)

I hope we will.

[Jo really does.]