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Has anybody gotten sick here? Like the plague or the measles or that one disease where you cough up blood?

Just kind of wondering what happens if that happens. We got a doctor on call or we're relying on the robots?

[the doomed narrative caught up to her unfortunately.]

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just a cold [it is more than that] but the thought crossed my mind

Well I can't say I know of it happening here yet at least.

Is your cold that bad?

cough that isn't going away and you know how it goes. your mind goes to places in a place like this.

yeah, i get that.

i'm not too sure if we have any doctors but that would be good to know. the one person i did know who taught me a couple of first aid basics isn't here anymore.

Of course the useful people don't ever stick around huh?

Yeah no kidding. Hopefully there are still some medically trained people around though.

Maybe that should have been the question I asked

yeah, maybe. it would suck if we just had to rely on the companion bots.

Relying on robots seems like asking for something to go terribly wrong?

yeah, it really does.

i'm octavia, by the way.

i'm maria.

how long have you been here?

10 months so far.

Almost a year?

shit

yeah. i was part of the first group of people brought here.

And you still seem sane

yeah so far at least.

how about you?

A few months

if a few months makes me go insane then we have a problem

yeah, no kidding. hopefully it doesn't happen for either of us anytime soon.

Maybe that's how we get to win saving our universe.

whoever stays the sanest for the longest.

i guess we'll see if that's the case and if either of us stay sane for however long that may be.

hopefully I see you at the finish line and vice versa?

yeah likewise.

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