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It seems that the silent treatment is not enough to get rid of this guy. You are going to have to say something after. Sighing in resignation, you move to switch your radio on - taking the opportunity to stuff the schematic back into the tube.
"You know, I have absolutely no idea who you are."
"Oh, I'm Horne."
"Okay, Horne, I still don't know you."
"We were - "
"I know, in the certification class together. You know what I mean."
"Oh."
"You talk so glibly about heading deeper in, you know, where instead of wide open cargo bays there are going to be small rooms, tight halls and narrow shafts instead ... and the worms are presumably even bigger than in here. It has barely been what, ten minutes since I fought that monster, and here you are proposing I go fight some larger ones, in more disadvantageous surroundings, alongside someone who not only I don't know, but who was more than comfortable just letting me deal - "
"You never asked for help!"
"Oh, sure, you fuck around with electronics in front of a Goddamned conduit worm, see how the fuck that goes for you."
You certainly didn't mean to get that heated, but this Horne is getting on your nerves. For a moment, you think that he is going to leave in a huff, but then he speaks again over the radio.
"You know, you haven't denied it. That you found something written in here that's worthwhile."
This miserable fucking chiseller! He just won't let well enough alone!
> Please choose ONE of the following.
> Stuff the tube with the schematic inside one of the wraps on the front of your suit, then turn around to face him - showing him you have nothing to hide, then saying as much, that you were in here just to look for the conduit that went with the console that you pulled out earlier.
> Stuff the tube with the schematic inside one of the wraps on the front of your suit, then tell him to get out of your way, you are going to go pull some more conduit off of the ceiling. Don't answer him directly.
> Stuff the tube with the schematic inside one of the wraps on the front of your suit, then pass through the hatch, leaving Horne behind. Don't say a word.
> Don't say a word. Don't even move. Eventually, he is going to have to give up and leave you alone - though depending on how persistent he is it might be a while.
