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[She looks a bit groggy when the video turns on, though her voice doesn't seem to be bothered by it all.]

This is to the people running this place. I know you watch us, I know you have eyes on us somewhere. This collar, the stuff it does, you're only getting away with it because nobody outside of here knows but they will. You can't keep it a secret, people will find out and I'll make sure of it.

And about the nap? You can't keep me... chloroformed or whatever forever.

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If they do, I have people'll ask questions. Smart people.

[She goes to sit back down, crossing her legs beneath her.]

I'm not making plans here but I want them to know, I want them to know they're not getting away with it just like that. I'm going to make sure of it.

Let us hope it doesn't come to that extreme.

It sounds as though you've done this sort of thing before.

[She leans her head to the side, seemingly to convey that she doesn't want to brag but...]

Getting truth out there is kind of what I do, it's my thing. I usually don't do it like this but that doesn't mean we can't.

What about you? Are you up for it?

Skilled with computers and a champion of the truth. An activist, are we?

[ Interesting, interesting. ]

Me? I don't know what role I could ever play.

Hactivist. We have our own fancy word now.

Everybody can do something, trust me. More people working together can do a lot more than one person working alone.

I should have guessed you would have advanced terminology for it.

[ If she truly had a plan in the works, it would be foolish to not investigate it. ]

Consider me tentatively interested.

[Happily, she shifts around on the bed.]

Then we'll talk details, when we're face to face. I have some ideas.

I'm Skye.

I look forward to hearing them. Where is it you want to meet?

[ If Skye was a hactivist as she claimed, he almost hesitated to give his name. He had committed enough crime to put himself on the radar, and even with the false identities he had crafted there was always risk of someone knowing too much. Still, lying wasn't in the realm of possibilities. Too many people already knew him by his true name. ]

Loki.

Whoa, slow down there, Cowboy. I'm all for meeting to mingle but I have to be careful with them right now, until I can figure out where their eyes are. Once I know, I'll clue you in.

[ "Cowboy"? There was a new one. ]

Of course. Pardon my brashness.

You truly have the capabilities required to figure that out? Be that the case, your skill set must be rather impressive.

No problem. I just can't blow this.

I told you, I'm insanely good at this hacking stuff.

[She moves around, as if settling in.] Think of it this way. There's enough people in here that there's gotta be other skills we can use, everybody can bring something to the table.

What about you?

Then I trust you'll get the job done.

[ If anything, he did have to admire her bold approach. It certainly wasn't his way of doing things. ]

You do make an excellent point, though I'm unsure of what skills I could lend to your cause.

[ Everything he was good at weren't particularly things you advertised. ]

[Everybody has a skill to use. Like she keeps saying, everybody has a piece of the puzzle to use.]

Well, so far, you're the only one who'll listen. It's good to know they don't have everybody so brainwashed.

[She thinks, looking at him critically.]

I used my skills to get in. What did you do? [Maybe that'll tell her more.]

It doesn't take skill to listen to someone speak.

[ He furrowed his eyebrows at her staring, though his expression quickly turned sober at her question. ]

Nothing so grand. I'm here only because I wished to protect someone else.

[ Too bad he couldn't tell her that his true skill was fabricating the truth. ]

It takes skill to listen. There's a difference, you know, between hearing and listening.

[She leans back now, kind of antsy on the bed.] Let me tell you a little secret. This working as a team thing? My team's usually faceless, or nameless, people. So, while I learn how to be a team player, I might ask you to protect someone else.

[See, using the skill you claimed to have!]

Goodness, I hadn't expected you to say something so wise.

[ He grinned, though rather his words had been sincere or not was anyone's guess.

At the mention of a secret, Loki leaned forward. There was no reason to do so, really, but she seemed to be eating up that he was interested in her ideas so there was no harm in emphasizing that fact. ]

Be that the case, then I may be able to help you.

[She raises an eyebrow as she tries to gauge how serious he is. Finally, she grins. Fine, he's playing along.]

Right now, she'll take it.]

Have anything for a drug induced hangover? If you can get rid of this headache...

Not offhand, though I could easily search the library for remedies and refer some suggestions.

Look under 'N' for 'not getting shocked by some kind of drug collar'. It should be one of the top ones.

[She really needed some kind of name for it.] What do you call these collars, anyway?

I'll see what I can do.

[ Not that he would actually check where she had suggested. But. ]

If they're known as anything in particular I've yet to become aware of it.

[She doesn't really expect him to look at all.]

They need a name, I don't want to keep calling it "the collar". I think I'm going to go with "The headache".

[ He might. Just not there. ]

Wouldn't calling it that defeat the convenience of giving it a name?

It fits. [The camera jostles as she stands.]

I have to run but do me a favor? Keep an eye out?

Of course.

Do be careful.

Thanks, Loki, I owe you one. See you soon.

[The camera clicks off just as she exits her cell.]

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