[ one day daylight will break out of his habit of raising his hand so he could have a turn to speak. ]

For what it's worth, I think Astoria is nice. She means well. [ seems to, meddy beeps at him from his side, a cautious reminder more than anything. with a roll of his optics, daylight shoos meddy out of the screen. fuss at the wall or something, meddy.

anyways- ]

I guess it wouldn't hurt for us to, um, agree to a set of conditions and rules we should place on ourself when we go to a new place in an attempt to help. A manifesto of sorts? That's what my... what the starship I was on did. [ the lornful light had a specific set of rules and regulations when it came to the missions and assignments. a staggering amount, really. daylight never got around to learning them all but that's what dialup and feedback and the likes were for in fireteams.

daylight pauses, as if trying to figure out what else to meaningfully add to the conversation and- ]

I'm a hundred and eighteen. I'm also basically a flashlight right now.

[ there we go. ]