[He's been staring at his device for awhile now. When you're used to sitting alone in your four-walled cage for long periods of time, one can't help but get used to hearing only their own thoughts. After awhile, the sound of your voice becomes your anchor to sanity.
[Sometimes, Murphy forgets that he can simply walk out whenever he pleased. Or pick up that communicator and just listen to the sound of someone else's voice instead of his own...
[It's with that in mind that Murphy breaks the habit that he's become so accustomed to. Jaw clenched, mouth dry, he reaches out to the familiar line in hopes of an eventual answer, tearing the loudness of his mind's chatter:]
Alayne...? [He pauses. Swallows.] You, uh. Got a minute?
[Of course, he can wait, if she doesn't. Murphy has all the time in the world.
[But if recent events have told him anything, it was that most people did not have the same kind of time to kill. It would only kill them instead. In some ways, Murphy was okay with that -- but for Alayne, he wasn't. Stories like these never ended well, no matter how much he hoped for the best...]
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[Sometimes, Murphy forgets that he can simply walk out whenever he pleased. Or pick up that communicator and just listen to the sound of someone else's voice instead of his own...
[It's with that in mind that Murphy breaks the habit that he's become so accustomed to. Jaw clenched, mouth dry, he reaches out to the familiar line in hopes of an eventual answer, tearing the loudness of his mind's chatter:]
Alayne...? [He pauses. Swallows.] You, uh. Got a minute?
[Of course, he can wait, if she doesn't. Murphy has all the time in the world.
[But if recent events have told him anything, it was that most people did not have the same kind of time to kill. It would only kill them instead. In some ways, Murphy was okay with that -- but for Alayne, he wasn't. Stories like these never ended well, no matter how much he hoped for the best...]