[ Gently, Vash pulls his hand out from under Knives's cheek and lays it warm and comforting on his brother's head instead. That's too much weight to carry on such small shoulders, and he swears to himself that, before they find a way to send Kni home, that he'll think of some way for him -- and his brother -- to feel safer. There has to be a way. ]
You're a good brother. Thank you for looking out for him.
[ Do they delete all the files on the plants? Would that be enough to keep them from being noticed by the rest of the ship's crew, the next time they wake? Conrad saw them, though... or will see them, Vash isn't certain about when, exactly, his brother is coming from -- and a hundred and fifty years later, Vash can say with certainty that Conrad can't be trusted. If he tells Kni that, he suspects that Conrad will meet with an accident, and he can't allow that to happen. But maybe Conrad's schedule gets messed up and he doesn't wake up any time soon? Staying in cryo for an extra twenty years won't hurt him, right? Maybe he could...
But then the road curves around an outcropping of stone, and on the other side stretches the city of December. Almost the size of July, once home to nearly a hundred thousand people, from a distance it looks completely deserted. There's no sound, none of that hum of human activity. No movement, that he can make out. A fire burns somewhere in the northwest corner, and there's what looks like a ion cannon jutting out of the remnants of the ship in the city center, but other than that, there's no sign that people have been here in some time.
And above, the skies are clear. There's no sign of the ark anywhere. ]
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You're a good brother. Thank you for looking out for him.
[ Do they delete all the files on the plants? Would that be enough to keep them from being noticed by the rest of the ship's crew, the next time they wake? Conrad saw them, though... or will see them, Vash isn't certain about when, exactly, his brother is coming from -- and a hundred and fifty years later, Vash can say with certainty that Conrad can't be trusted. If he tells Kni that, he suspects that Conrad will meet with an accident, and he can't allow that to happen. But maybe Conrad's schedule gets messed up and he doesn't wake up any time soon? Staying in cryo for an extra twenty years won't hurt him, right? Maybe he could...
But then the road curves around an outcropping of stone, and on the other side stretches the city of December. Almost the size of July, once home to nearly a hundred thousand people, from a distance it looks completely deserted. There's no sound, none of that hum of human activity. No movement, that he can make out. A fire burns somewhere in the northwest corner, and there's what looks like a ion cannon jutting out of the remnants of the ship in the city center, but other than that, there's no sign that people have been here in some time.
And above, the skies are clear. There's no sign of the ark anywhere. ]