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“Hey, V.”
So Mi sighed, head hanging low. She ran a hand through her hair, devoid of the magenta dye it once sported.
“I… I heard about what happened. I… I don’t know what to say…”
Deep breath in, count to three, deep breath out. So Mi sat up straighter, though still averting her gaze from the focal point of the call’s digital display.
“Should’a been you up here. Not me.” she continued after a moment. “Y’know… Part of me always thought maybe we’d meet again. You’d probably kick the shit outta me for crossing you, and it’d hurt like hell but… deep down- fuck, not even deep down. I’d ‘a been happy you found a cure on your own no matter what. Guess I was deludin’ myself, though.”
She hesitantly glanced at the digital glow that represented the camera, through which her holo-call would be recorded.
Delusion, misdirection. Lies. It was all she knew to do, all she knew to expect.
She had lied to Reed, to Myers. Even to V, the one person who understood her old predicament more than anyone else.
She still remembered V’s voice after she had confessed her lies, a necessary lie to get V’s assistance, or so she had assumed.
The merc’s voice had echoed in her ears as she felt herself slowly slipping across the event horizon, drawn inexorably towards the Blackwall and all that lay beyond.
“Could’a told me the truth. Would’a helped you anyway.”
“Not a lot to do here, in Tycho.” she said, though she snorted derisively afterwards. “Well, there is. Just nothing I feel I deserve… Spend a lot of time with my thoughts, now. The same question running through my mind. ‘Why?’. Could’a turned me in to Reed, taken the cure for yourself. I wouldn’tve blamed you. Hell, maybe I was hopin’ you would… I still had hope, though. That you’d find a way, even through it all. But it looks like you ran out of time, chose to go out on your own terms.”
“You’re stronger’n I am, V.”
she had said that, back on the maglev. Whether her words were an attempt to lie to V and herself or the truth, she still didn’t know. Though now, she supposed, it didn’t matter at all.
She sat for a moment in silence, pondering what next to say.
“Feel like… you’d probably get angry at me. For riskin’ a call to a dead number.” she said after another moment. “But I guess I needed to get this off my chest. You ‘n Reed… Never intended… never
meant
to hurt either of you. But I guess it’s too late for any of that regret now. You’re gone, the both of you. Because of me. No turning back time, not for people like me.”
“I guess what I’m trying to say is… I’m sorry. And I’m sorry I couldn’t say it sooner.” she sighed, glancing out the window at the sight of the Earth looming over the horizon, the phantoms of her past staring silently, beckoning.
“I hope… wherever you are now… I hope you’re at peace. Goodbye, V. And thank you.”