[Trigger warning for this comment: non-detailed discussion of partner abuse in the context of kink relationships. Iawa has drawn certain conjectures.]
[re the numbers] They associate 57 and semiprimes with a sequence of Significant Numbers they had to memorise for an exam and forgot immediately afterwards.
[re the hair-touching and the scarf] Despite having been right there at the earlier meeting, Iawa had not yet noticed Sasha's new haircut, or that Sasha had a problem with Ashari's touching her hair. Even now their vague conclusion is that Sasha and Ashari are in a pre-existing relationship but Sasha doesn't like PDAs and/or it was meant to be a secret.
And that reference to Ashari "binding" Sasha sounded like a reference to something Iawa's vaguely aware of which in their Liozh-associated days they'd mentally pigeonholed as unremarkable/private/unlikely to be relevant to them personally, and which their Vidona teachers had considered a psychological variation to be taken into account. They know where they stand on unnegotiated hitting, though.
"I'm not the heresy police," they say. "I left heresy police training by trying to stop a remembrance and then literally sinking through the floor before they could execute me for it." A pause. "You shouldn't talk about your saints on the station, though. It might cause trouble."
They hand over an antagonist for the stimulant. "Use that one before you take the sleeping pill. Unless you really like sleep paralysis. In which case get the recipe from the grid and print the med for yourself, actually, don't use my first aid supplies for recreation."
That reminds them. "Also, if you're going to drink tonight, get someone to watch you to make sure you don't have a concussion, and definitely take a sober-up before the sleeping pill. It doesn't mix well with alcohol either. Actually just don't combine the sleeping pill with anything else without checking with me or the grid?"
"Also, drink lots of water, it'll help your throat."
But since according to the conclusion they have just drawn, the person most likely to watch Sasha while she's drinking is the same person who caused the injuries... "Listen, I don't know how things normally are between you and Ashari, or what you normally do in private, but it doesn't sound like they're treating you very well. Even if you sometimes want them to be rough with you, that doesn't mean you deserve..."
They get a bit tangled up, and try again. "They should treat you with respect and care, anyway. And not try to choke someone without a first aid kit of their own on hand. There are forms in here for writing up reports, and they're our leader anyway. I know what I'd like to say, but I don't want to make things worse for you. What do you want me to say?"
Belatedly, "You said it wasn't all your blood. I should go check on them too. How did they look?"
[Sorry for dragging out the tablet saga a bit further! I couldn't stick the segue.]
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If Iawa just keeps digging this hole deeper, they'll find a clue at the bottom, right?
Date: 2017-11-15 04:55 pm (UTC)[re the numbers] They associate 57 and semiprimes with a sequence of Significant Numbers they had to memorise for an exam and forgot immediately afterwards.
[re the hair-touching and the scarf] Despite having been right there at the earlier meeting, Iawa had not yet noticed Sasha's new haircut, or that Sasha had a problem with Ashari's touching her hair. Even now their vague conclusion is that Sasha and Ashari are in a pre-existing relationship but Sasha doesn't like PDAs and/or it was meant to be a secret.
And that reference to Ashari "binding" Sasha sounded like a reference to something Iawa's vaguely aware of which in their Liozh-associated days they'd mentally pigeonholed as unremarkable/private/unlikely to be relevant to them personally, and which their Vidona teachers had considered a psychological variation to be taken into account. They know where they stand on unnegotiated hitting, though.
"I'm not the heresy police," they say. "I left heresy police training by trying to stop a remembrance and then literally sinking through the floor before they could execute me for it." A pause. "You shouldn't talk about your saints on the station, though. It might cause trouble."
They hand over an antagonist for the stimulant. "Use that one before you take the sleeping pill. Unless you really like sleep paralysis. In which case get the recipe from the grid and print the med for yourself, actually, don't use my first aid supplies for recreation."
That reminds them. "Also, if you're going to drink tonight, get someone to watch you to make sure you don't have a concussion, and definitely take a sober-up before the sleeping pill. It doesn't mix well with alcohol either. Actually just don't combine the sleeping pill with anything else without checking with me or the grid?"
"Also, drink lots of water, it'll help your throat."
But since according to the conclusion they have just drawn, the person most likely to watch Sasha while she's drinking is the same person who caused the injuries... "Listen, I don't know how things normally are between you and Ashari, or what you normally do in private, but it doesn't sound like they're treating you very well. Even if you sometimes want them to be rough with you, that doesn't mean you deserve..."
They get a bit tangled up, and try again. "They should treat you with respect and care, anyway. And not try to choke someone without a first aid kit of their own on hand. There are forms in here for writing up reports, and they're our leader anyway. I know what I'd like to say, but I don't want to make things worse for you. What do you want me to say?"
Belatedly, "You said it wasn't all your blood. I should go check on them too. How did they look?"
[Sorry for dragging out the tablet saga a bit further! I couldn't stick the segue.]