(OC: Now to catch up...)
IC: Aida was abruptly awoken from a rather fitful sleep by gunshots. Her first instinct was to curl up and become a smaller target; which she did immediately. Stilling her breath- which was wanting to quickly become panicked- she threw her arms over her head, not being able to avoid the sudden memories of her last job and the experiences she had had with sligs.
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"Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named . . . but a DYING culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot."
-- Robert Heinlein in Friday
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