4. voice

[rickitikitarr]

All right, this is all good fun and games, kids, but I'm going to be the one who spoils it by asking the question.

What the hell is going on?

And, for that matter, if we're the ones apparently running the show now, is anyone steering the boat?

[Ricki does not want the barge to smash into a sun and everyone to burn up, even though he's currently in the inmate-reclaimed bar and part of him is rather enjoying the fiddling.]

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[fireincarnate]

It's not like that. [A beat. A slight grimace.] Well, it doesn't have to be like that.

[rickitikitarr]

What's it like? If you don't mind my asking, of course.

[fireincarnate]

It's...

It's like being connected to the whole world. Like you've got your finger on the pulse of - life, of humanity. [It's probably why the Phoenix chose a telepath, really.]

And if you're responsible with it, you can use that connection to help a lot of people.

[rickitikitarr]

Help? Resolving mental illness, or-?

[fireincarnate]

...Hopefully.

[She goes silent, for a moment, before switching the filter.]

[Private]

Someone did that for me.