[Audio - midday, Sunday, Week 39 - closed to Tony, Shepard, and Haruka]

[djinnigenie]

[Elissa's voice is as neutral and relaxed as she can manage it when she speaks.]

This is Elissa Cousland.

I have procured a ring to protect from mental influence from another who woke in the star vessel. I have spoken to Inara who seemed to have some understanding of mental influences. Thor has easily forgiven me as he suffered no true harm except to miss out on battling the creature once he was through the rift. I have made peace with Chime who is now my friend.

I tell you these things in order to ask for the return of my weapons, so that I might be of use on the expedition to locate the fallen object. Twill be difficult to protect people from wildlife or other threats with nothing more than a hatchet and an awl from our current building project.

Humbly, I request the return of my longsword and dagger, if only for the duration of the expedition. Allow me to prove myself to you. I will gladly return them to you once the expedition has ended, should you still lack trust in me.

Comments

[audio]

[djinnigenie]

Answer me this? What did she use to try to kill her child?

[audio]

[galacticheroine]

That isn't relevant. She would've used her bare hands if she'd had to.

[audio]

[djinnigenie]

Tis perfectly relevant, in my opinion. Could I not use my bare hands as well? If you are so concerned about the danger that I pose, why are you allowing me to walk free?

[audio]

[galacticheroine]

Because I wanted to give you a chance, and initially you seemed responsible enough to know what kind of trust we're putting on you just to let you walk around.

If you're going to keep pushing though, I might just reconsider.

[audio]

[djinnigenie]

Do what you feel you must, just so long as you understand that I am going on this mission to help protect my friends with or without my personal weaponry. Unfortunately, fighting is what I do best and I have little talent for other things the city might need since I do not understand half of the engineering that I see on a daily basis.

I do have a guard and he is going as well. Remember Kozmotis Pitchiner? He is the one who has kept an eye on me as he promised.

[audio]

[galacticheroine]

And you should understand you're putting others at risk by insisting on involving yourself. Because you want to go along, that means that everyone else protecting the others also has to keep an eye on you to make sure that whatever threat they face out there isn't replaced by someone within their ranks.

I trust Kozmotis to continue keeping an eye on you, at the very least. But I have people going on that expedition too, and if a damn thing happens to them because of you you can be sure I won't be as understanding as I have been about your mind being messed with.

[audio]

[djinnigenie]

[Elissa's voice is cool when she replies.]

Understood.