Well that definitely doesn't seem fair to him. N-no, thank you for thinking of me, but...
[Kriff, he wants to say yes. Just breathing air that wasn't at the admiral's sufferance for a while, not to mention missing the misery of coming back from a breach again...
Though coming back might be even worse after that taste of freedom.]
Ahhhh, this is what I get for being friends with the wardens who think about things like that. I couldn't talk you into making a one-time exception, for the sake of celebrating me being alive again, could I?
[It's wry, the tone of someone who's giving something a shot but doesn't have high expectations.]
[That is a very good reason. And Freeza would probably only respond to the news that he'd be gone with several orders to take care of before he fucked off.[
I--I really would like to. But. I, um, I'd offer to make it up to you later, but, well, if I get my deal I'm only staying long enough to get the cat in a box and write a note for the infirmary, so...
[A flicker of concern crosses Ford's consciousness. U ok buddy? I mean, obviously, it's Bodhi, the man is never really okay, and Ford isn't exactly okay either, but Ford's at a bit of a loss as to how to help him if he can't talk him into a vacation.]
I know what you mean. No, really. I know exactly what you mean.
We're leaving in about a week. Let me know if you change your mind.
[He won't. He shouldn't, and having to come back after a few days off would be that much worse. But he leaves the polite fiction of a possible change in place.]
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[Kriff, he wants to say yes. Just breathing air that wasn't at the admiral's sufferance for a while, not to mention missing the misery of coming back from a breach again...
Though coming back might be even worse after that taste of freedom.]
I really couldn't.
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Ahhhh, this is what I get for being friends with the wardens who think about things like that. I couldn't talk you into making a one-time exception, for the sake of celebrating me being alive again, could I?
[It's wry, the tone of someone who's giving something a shot but doesn't have high expectations.]
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I--I really would like to. But. I, um, I'd offer to make it up to you later, but, well, if I get my deal I'm only staying long enough to get the cat in a box and write a note for the infirmary, so...
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I know what you mean. No, really. I know exactly what you mean.
We're leaving in about a week. Let me know if you change your mind.
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[He won't. He shouldn't, and having to come back after a few days off would be that much worse. But he leaves the polite fiction of a possible change in place.]