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>A2/Adama and C/Celanine to Nurture with Star. Give her a beer from the beer vending machine, plus a pillow to rest her head on. Try not to overstimulate her. Collect Stardust leaking ONLY if it won't damage her; this is NOT Extraction work.
The two employees quietly approach the cell. The only sounds heard on the floor they're on are their own footsteps. They nod to each other after whispering something in each other's ears before entering.
<span class="mu-i">Show's over. Please leave. Please leave.</span>
Star of the Century is floating two feet above the floor in the fetal position.
Dust lingers in the air, flowing out of the holes in her back and leg.
Employee A2 holds up the beer towards the curled up magician.
Employee C slowly puts the pillow down on the floor before giving the anomaly as much space as possible.
ANOMALY: hurtsiwannasleep
C: Shh. It's bedtime. Go rest your head, okay?
The magician slowly floats down to rest her head on the pillow, still in the same position.
Employee A2 pops the cap off the bottle and holds it to the magician's mouth. Liquid slowly disappears out of the glass.
A2: There, there. Relax. It's over.
Employee A2 gently rubs the magician's head while Employee C investigates the wounds.
ANOMALY: gottaworkmustperformmustperform
A2: How is her condition?
C: Not great.
A2: Don't agitate her. She needs the rest.
Employee C nods. She hovers her hand above the leaking holes. <span class="mu-r">The magician flinches.</span>
Employee C pulls back before giving it as much space as possible.
C: I don't think we can do much else. We should just let her rest.
A2: Yeah. Goodnight, Star.
C: Have sweet dreams, sweetheart.
Both girls gently pat the magician on the head before exiting the containment cell.
ANOMALY: ...theshowmustgoon.
<span class="mu-g">Star's breathing has relaxed as she slowly drifts into a better sleep.</span>
<span class="mu-i">Pull her strings and make her ring.</span>
"At least she didn't snap at us." Employee A2 flicks her wrist in the air. Tiny bits of starry dust linger in the air, not even worth storing.
"Y-yeah. I just feel bad. Hopefully she feels a bit better, you know?" Employee C rubs the back of her neck with her robot arm. "Her head felt weird to touch."
"I...don't want to be out in the open right now. We can talk later."
The two quickly leave to go back into hiding.
