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[forensicks]

[Walter has recorded a video message from the point of view of someone who has just come through the door into his cabin and sees Walter at his desk in the chair turned around to face the viewer. He gives a little salute-wave.]

Didn't get me. But nice try.

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[skitter]

She taps her fingers against her shoulder, and Scraps hops back up, curling limply around the back of her neck as they head out.

"I can, definitely. I used to do it here a lot. I dial it way back these days. Grew out of my Big Brother phase around the first time I graduated. Cafeteria food okay? Or I have the makings for grilled cheese and soup at my cabin."

[forensicks]

"You'd think it would be the other way around..."

Well, not necessarily. Walter is the surveiling type of inmate, not that he has any intention of letting Taylor know that. ...the first time? What a hellish cycle that sounds like.

"Cafeteria's great. Maybe I can bring some stuff to your kitchen next time. All wardens really have them?"

[skitter]

"Yeah. It's a perk. You cook?"

[forensicks]

"I feel bad saying that when I still ate out a lot, but yeah. Not having that control anymore is," and how does he say that while still sounding like an inmate who is super chill, "kind of a big change."

[skitter]

"Yeah, I bet.

"What'd you do before here?" she asks, trying to pitch it in a 'generic small talk' way, not a 'so, why an inmate?' way.

cw medical

[forensicks]

It's immediately obvious that Walter has decided to make this a spiel said many times: "I've tried a few things. Stocks, personal shopping, artisanal goat cheese. But a few years ago I got my skull injured in an accident, and so I didn't have to work anymore."

He taps against the area where the surgically embedded metal plate would be.

"That's what snuck up on me again in the end, though. Win some lose some."

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[skitter]

Her eyes flick to the top of his head for a moment. Her own scar is well-hidden in her hair, but she feels it.

"Was goat cheese just an opportunity that came along, or do you like goats?" she asks, picking the softball out of the openings there.

cw medical

[forensicks]

Yeah, if he shaved all the way down the surgical scar would definitely be seen. Still hurts a bit, so he doesn't, but he does closely shave his face. Curiously, he says, "Yeah, you could say that. I took care of the goat myself, her name was Billy."

Re: cw medical

[skitter]

"One goat? So seriously small batch artisanal cheese. We've got... I think six on board right now, and that's not enough to keep the ship in fresh milk."

[forensicks]

"Man, maybe I should be doing that," he says as they progress into the halls. "But I thought there were all these snakes and frogs, so better to not risk it."