<span style="color: mediumturquoise">"Shh, stop that,"</span>Ianthe urged Toi, quieting his lapse back into android-y emotionlessness with a grin, and a finger pressed to his lips.<span style="color: mediumturquoise">"You're a <i>person</i>, right? Well, <i>people</i> occasionally grumble and swear about their bosses, and don't talk like computers."</span>Still holding him gently by the hand, she began trying to lead him from the engine room towards the galley.<span style="color: mediumturquoise">"You don't need to put on airs with me. If you want to scream, or cry, or whatever, just do it, okay? Nobody here but me, and hell if I'm going to judge."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>