”It’s not like I’LL GET FRIED TO A CCCRISP – oh, absolutely, Operator! You will soon find it more to your liking, I hope.” He - albeit somewhat reluctantly - adjusted the temperature. It wouldn’t be long until the Orbiter warmed up; there was plenty of heat being stored as the engines ran. “It is about to reach a cozy +23 degrees Celsius. I hope this pleases the Operator.”
The cephalon completed another scan in order to update his logs. He wasn’t satisfied with the statistics. He had to do something.
“There isn’t anything like the vast, cold and unforgiving emptiness of space, is there, Operator?” Ordis, you idiot cephalon. She doesn’t need to hear about the abyss that could engulf us at any time right now. “…N-not that it was a concern.”
“Uh, Lux…? If there is anything you would like to talk about - truly, anything at all - Ordis is here for you! Hm… Earlier you mentioned falling. In the dream. What was it like?”
She can feel the space around her getting warmer, and it helps soothe her troubled mind; allowing herself to relax into the blanket she had around herself. She mutters a quiet “thank you.”
Hearing her name spoken and the assurances pulled at Lux’s heart, and yet set her at ease. Lotus may be gone, she may have betrayed them, but Ordis was still here. He had always been there. The pure simplicity of that fact made her want to cry, knowing she would always have him. His words were true.
“I-I know.” Her voice shook as she spoke. “I know. You always have been.” And to think, she almost broke him- she could have seriously hurt him- when she used the Vitruvian to- No, thinking about that won’t help ether.
He asked about the dream, and Lux decided to try and explain it. “It’s, um- that’s not the easiest thing to explain. It’s like... nothing. And I’m not trying to brush it off; it’s just nothing, nothing but the sensation of air rushing past you. The ground cracked beneath my feet, and the shadows came rushing in, and the air was cold, and...” She trailed off, closing her eyes and curling into herself.