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[artistinexile]

Good day, Cloud.

I have two questions when you are at liberty to discuss them: one professional, one personal.

[nimbuster]

Sure, go for it.

[artistinexile]

Thank you.

I am in the process of gathering a warden consensus on placing a fabrication lab in the Maintenance bay - primarily for the recycling of waste products and refurbishing them into other uses. Wood, plastics, and metals chiefly. We could construct a modeling and build screen that could be made easily accessible to the rest of the ship.

As the other inmate in Maintenance, would you have a use for this?

[nimbuster]

Huh. Yeah, sounds like a good idea to me. If you end up doing it, let me know if you need any help putting it all together.

[artistinexile]

Excellent. I will put together an Admiral request and send it through to my warden.

[nimbuster]

Cool. You said you got a personal question, too?

[Cloud's really not sure what to expect from that one. Something about Zack, maybe? Or Aerith? He thinks Aerith knows him...]

[artistinexile]

[a rather hesitant pause, and Thrawn nods, once]

Yes.

My warden believes that my graduation lies in making me sociable, likable, and politically astute. He has tasked me to ask others here about whether they find me strange and the reasoning behind it, so that I can course-correct.

Do you find my behavior odd or off-putting?

[nimbuster]

Uh, hold on a second. Your warden thinks you gotta make yourself more likeable to graduate? Like, don't be a dick to people on purpose, sure, but not everybody has to be Mr. Popular. Doesn't sound right to me.

But nah, only time I ever thought you were 'off-putting' was when you went after Zack on the network, and first impressions are usually misleading anyway.

[artistinexile]

In essence. Perhaps I am not explaining it properly.

And now your opinion has presumably changed.

[nimbuster]

Nope. Why would it? Doubt there's anything wrong with how you explained it. Wardens ain't always right.

[artistinexile]

I mean my off-putting nature and how your first impression was not correct.

[nimbuster]

Oh. Yeah, well, Zack's my best friend and you were a stranger, so I was gonna be put off no matter what. But otherwise, you're a guy like anybody else and now I've talked to you myself, so it's less that my opinion changed and more that I have the context now to form one in the first place.

[artistinexile]

And your assessment?

[nimbuster]

You seem like a hardworking guy who likes to get stuff done, which is a good thing in my book. Kinda pigheaded, but you speak your mind and say what you mean, which is a hell of a lot more valuable than playing nice just to make other people happy.

[artistinexile]

Can you define 'pigheaded' in this context, please?

[nimbuster]

Stubborn for no good reason, no matter what anybody else says.

[artistinexile]

Have you inquired as to the reasons why I may be so stubborn?

[nimbuster]

Nah. Just observation. But...you can tell me what they are, if you want. I'll listen.

[artistinexile]

Perhaps if you explain where you think I have been stubborn, I can illustrate why.