10. I can't get used to it/I'll never get used to it

[voluntaryapnea]

[Video -- Scorpius]

So...thanks. For finding me and taking me to the infirmary during the breach.

[As usual, he wonders if his own death would have prevented that of someone else's. Allison's. It always seems to come down to that. But he knows that despite the death toll, his own death would also have taken its toll on his friends. He knows that if there's an ultimate choice at stake -- and there is, he'll always choose Allison's life over his own. But in this situation he hadn't known, couldn't have known, and Scorpius certainly didn't, so while the thanks is belated, it is also sincere.]

[Video -- Jack]

Hey. Thanks for...well, Scott said you gave me your own blood or I probably wouldn't have survived. That's pretty awesome doctor-ing, considering the limited amount of supplies and stuff.

[Video -- Scott and Lydia]

She knows we're leaving stuff out. I told her no one really wanted to talk about my murder spree right now, but I don't know if... [He looks down, holds his breath for a moment. He doesn't know if she believes that's all there is. That alone is a lot. But Allison is smart, and she knows all of them so very well. He exhales.]

I'm starting to think maybe we should tell her. Before she winds up finding out some other way.

[Video -- Andrew]

Hey. Any chance you'd wanna do a movie or video game thing soon?

[Video -- Wardens]

Has anyone ever changed the specifics of their deal without leaving the Barge for awhile first? Is that something that's possible?

[Video -- Jean]

I know we haven't really talked but uh, I was wondering if that whole offer you made a few days ago about people talking to you...if that was still on the table. [A beat.]

Because I think that's probably something I should do.

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[diealone]

I guess that does make things complicated. [Obviously the ethics of whether or not letting someone die if they come back, fully healed if sore and miserable for a few days is okay in favor of making them heal the long, slow way aren't something he's ever had to think on before coming here.] But if I could save someone and didn't do everything I could to make that happen, I wouldn't deserve to call myself a doctor.

Besides, [And he sounds maybe just a little more amused and less pensive here, although not by much, considering the subject matter.] I'm pretty sure Scott never would have forgiven me if I didn't do something.

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[voluntaryapnea]

[Stiles personally doesn't have a preference there. He's not fond of pain either way. He deals. It's a different kind of pain than he'd had when he first arrived on the Barge. He's not sick and aching all over, he's not chilled to the bone, he doesn't have a screaming migraine that won't go away. But the pain in his gut is intense at times and Stiles isn't known for his ability to sit still for long periods of time.]

Yeah, well. We're lucky to have you around.

[He does look down at the mention of Scott, though. He's worried about him, the way he's almost always worried about him.]