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[takingkarabusiness]

Well, if we were under siege you might be. I don't know!

[ ok kara breathe breathe... her face crumbles a bit and she blinks several times, looking away from Winn and finally covering her face with her hands. ]

I'm so sorry, Winn. I'm so sorry.

[winn]

Hey - [ he pulls her into a hug, his heart breaking. ] It's not your fault. The Atroma did this. And we're all okay, really. You'd have been proud of us, we cooperated with other ships, tried to cover as many of them as we could. They never set foot on this ship.

[ and as freaked out as he was, as much as he wanted her to wake up and help them, he's glad she was spared the carnage. the memory of the blood on the windrose, on kitty, still haunts him. and he got there after the cleaning bots have been at work for hours. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

I should have been here—awake—with you guys. What's even the point of doing what I can do if they're just going to knock me out whenever they want?

What about the other ships?

[winn]

I think that's why they knocked you out. They wanted to milk it.

[ and she'd end it too fast. there is so much disgust in his voice as he says it. ]

Some did better some did worse, but they're all back to working order now, and magic heals all wounds. That's basically all we've being doing since - so you missed a couple weeks of tedious repairs.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ ugh. she just leans her forehead against his shoulder ]

Here I am, being ridiculous. You actually had to live through it all and I'm making it about myself.

Anything else I missed?

[winn]

It's not ridiculous. And I'm fine.

[ he knew she'd hate it. just like he would have hated missing helping out with repairs. ]

I spacewalked? [ trying for a lighter topic. yes, he was as scared as she thinks he was. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she'll make the effort for the lighter topic, sure ]

You did? That's huge for you.

[winn]

I got proof -

[ he fishes his phone out of his pocket, and shows her the pictures - one of him holding his helmet in the traditional astronaut pose (looking paler than paper), and the rest of him outside, working on repairs or striking ridiculous poses. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she pinches his cheek like a grandmother might ]

I'm so proud of you.

[winn]

[ he laughs and nudges her. ]

I've been channeling you a lot lately. [ whenever he was tempted to despair, or to lose his nerve, he just kept thinking about what he'd want to tell kara when she wakes up.

he wanted to tell her things that would make her proud, that would get her smiling. challenge completed. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ It's time for more-hugs-o'clock ]

I think I'm going to need something more than the vending machine snacks. But thank you for thinking ahead like that.

[winn]

[ yay hugging! ]

S'what you keep me around for. [ he smiles. ] I'll get you a tray. Any requests? Space requests - [ he knows what you're thinking there. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Surprise me?

[winn]

You got it.

[ she gets another hug for the road. he's really missed her. it's like he finally lets go of a breath he's been holding for three weeks.

and then he gets up. ]

I'll be right back.

[ true to his word, he comes back as soon as the food's done, with a tray of the best stuff he could find and put together. ]

Room service - [ he sets the tray down in front of her. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

My hero!

[ she's sitting cross-legged on the bed now, eager to dig in, though there's an air of forced cheeriness in the whole situation ]

Have you eaten?

[winn]

[ oh he can feel it. my hero? that's his line. ]

Yeah, yeah I'm good. [ tired and overworked and actually starting to take self defense lessons extremely seriously is too long, okay. he lets her eat quietly for a moment. ]

The Atroma are dicks. [ yup, he purposely uses a swear he wouldn't normally use to loosen up that stiff atmosphere. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she sighs, chewing ]

We can't just keep keeping-on like we are. They have so much power, and it isn't right. Even if they were using it 100% for good all the time, it wouldn't be right. No one should have this much control over other people.

[winn]

With you there. I'm getting pretty sick of just keep moving. [ sorry jim. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Maybe we can do something about it. With Mon-El here, we might have a better chance. If he ever gets his act together.

[ chew chew ]

Oh, yeah. I remember him now.

[winn]

[ .................................

hold on a sec there. ]

You do? How much more do you remember? So, he's on our side? [ that's good cuz he kinda powered him up already... ]

[takingkarabusiness]

I remember what happened last time I woke up from one of these. You got mad at me for telling you stuff I remembered.

But yeah, he is, I guess. He doesn't have a lot of interest in being a hero.

[winn]

Uh...no, I was mad you told Kitty about my love life. [ ... ] I'm assuming it's as none-existent as ever. [ since mon-el told him in his time he's single. he's not sure if she's ahead of him or behind him. ]

So...walk me through this, how's he supposed to be our game changer?

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, he's strong? And can jump really high...

I just woke up. I haven't really thought this through, but I'm just saying that there could be something here to work with.

[winn]

We're still confined by these stupid things. [ he taps his augment. ] As long as they can control us, punching hard may work against us.

[takingkarabusiness]

There has to be some way around it.

Anyway, I don't know. The important part is I remember Mon-El. He's not that different from what I expected, by the way. Self-interested and flippant.

Oh, but I also met Cisco! At home I mean, I went to Barry's world to help them out with a thing.