[Ashley hugs her back, though it's not with her usual energy. She wasn't hurt on Mars any more than the usual scrapes and bruises of her job, and she was lucky enough to not get the radiation poisoning that's struck down some of the Alke team, but the nanite sickness on the way there and back (Ashley having saved her boosters for the Phobos assault) took a lot out of her.]
Thanks. I hadn't guessed that from all your texts.
[But her voice is warm. She does genuinely appreciate the texts and he concern.]
It's good to be back - I'm just glad I didn't get radiation poisoning or anything. [Hastily:] Don't worry, I'm not a carrier or anything.
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[Ashley hugs her back, though it's not with her usual energy. She wasn't hurt on Mars any more than the usual scrapes and bruises of her job, and she was lucky enough to not get the radiation poisoning that's struck down some of the Alke team, but the nanite sickness on the way there and back (Ashley having saved her boosters for the Phobos assault) took a lot out of her.]
Thanks. I hadn't guessed that from all your texts.
[But her voice is warm. She does genuinely appreciate the texts and he concern.]
It's good to be back - I'm just glad I didn't get radiation poisoning or anything. [Hastily:] Don't worry, I'm not a carrier or anything.