[ cards on the table... the 'hybrid status' angle did not factor in for day at all during this impulsive plan of his.

that... that actually explains a lot of things, in retrospect. he laughs, optics dimming at the memory of the incident. ]

Pretty much. [ a very kind way to describe it. meddy had much choicer words for what happened after day came out of his recovery stasis. ] My friend and I got knocked out the moment we tried to system share. If it weren't for Meddy and the others intervening moments after it went belly up, I think I'd still be-

[ what term can he use that's both accurate and not alarming to hear? ]

-out.

[ yeah. let's go with that word. ]