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The door from Milliways swings open on the blasting heat of the tail end of summer in the Wasteland. Dogmeat pads through first, leaning against the door to keep it open. It's part of the blackened, fragile remains of what was once the outer wall of a house. Crumbling concrete steps lead down from the door to a path that peters out almost immediately, the way ahead consumed long ago by the Waste.

"It still smells like smoke," Dogmeat whimpers. And he's right; there are still wisps of smoke rising from the scorch-edged crater up ahead.

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"... is it a robot?" Ellen finally manages. She's good with robots. She really-

"Huh. Where'd that come from? Were they down here?" she asks as she catches sight of the rod.

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"I found it in the crater when I came looking for you." Tyler pauses, before even thinking of answering that question. "...Kind of? I know he's got some metal parts but he eats meat..."

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"Close enough," Ellen says. "We should go. This isn't- this isn't a good place. Get some of the guns. I'll carry what I can, but we can't stay here."

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basic_powers

That's all Tyler really needs to hear before picking up everything in sight and shoving what he can fit into his backpack. Even going so far as making Winston carry that stick thing he found earlier.

"Dogmeat, you found those glowing sticks before...think you could find and gather up the rest?"

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"Wngh?" says Dogmeat, or something similar to it; he's already on the job, and he's got a mouthful. Ellen takes them from him and stuffs them in one of her overcoat's pockets; she's finding places to put the smaller guns, and the rest she'll just have to carry and hope she won't need between here and- She checks her Pip-Boy quickly. Between here and Minefield. Okay.

"How long have you been here, Tyler?" she asks as they gather up the last of the silver guns. "I lost track of time up there."

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basic_powers

"About a day I think." Tyler...Tyler's taking off his sneakers to take off his socks and stuff those with more stuff.

Kids.

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Ellen bites her lip, but she can't really point her Geiger counter at Tyler with her arms full. "You... brought your own supplies, right?" she says. "I mean, you didn't drink the local water, did you?"

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...Ellen, Tyler is many things, among them, is not stupid enough to do that.

"I saw how loopy the people were in Canterbury. I'm never visiting your world ever without bringing my own fresh water supply."

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"Sorry," says Ellen. "Didn't know how much preparation time you had. The only stuff I was able to find on the ship that was edible was all tentacles... I was asking because I think I'm out of Rad-X."

With that she starts making her way out of the crater as best she can. It'll be slow going, but she should be able to manage. Everything that hurts is north of the parts that do the walking, at this point.

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Tyler'll be right behind, keeping an eye out for anything big, green and glowing along the way back.

"What happened to your old stuff?"

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aaaaaaaagh_sky

Ellen snorts bitterly. "They did," she says, jerking her head back towards the crater. "They took all my stuff when they beamed me up, and I didn't see any of it again until we were fighting our way out... and they'd taken half of it apart, and wrecked the rest. I don't know what they did with my stimpaks or my other chems, but Elliott said they weren't there when he went looking."

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basic_powers

...There were four Daffy Putty Eggs in there.

"I'll replace the putty eggs."

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aaaaaaaagh_sky

There were, yes.

Coincidentally, there were no aliens whatsoever anywhere at all anywhere on the cargo hold level of the ship when the humans investigated. Just a few odd greenish stains.

Okay, not coincidentally at all.

"Thank-" Ellen swallows, winces fiercely. "Thank you, Tyler. I'm sorry."

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"...what's wrong with your throat?"

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aaaaaaaagh_sky

"It's been hurting like mad ever since I woke up..." She pauses, thinks. "The second time. I don't... I don't really remember the first time."

There were no mirrors on board the ship. She hasn't dared to think of what it might look like in there. Mostly she's grateful that whatever they did, she's still able to talk.

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basic_powers

"...first thing we're doing when we get to Milliways is getting you to the infirmary." Tyler replies worriedly. "Here...drink some of this..it's water from Milliways, radiation free."

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"Thank you," says Ellen, and gulps it down as best she can. If she could choke down the worm stuff the aliens ate, she can manage a little water. "I'll make it up to you. I just... I need to sit."

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"...just take care of yourself...okay?" A kid, alone in milliways... ...The people he meets become family. "We can sit here for a bit if you're tired."

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aaaaaaaagh_sky

"Can we get to somewhere indoors first?" Ellen says. "I'm not sure I'm going to want to stand up if I sit down now. I don't know how long I was out, I just know that I haven't slept since I woke up on the ship."

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...there's rustling some ways off in the dark. Followed by a clunk, a hiss and a scuffle before a sharp snap. Then it's just Winston coming back into the view with reddish stains around his muzzle.

"LYeh....okay. Let's keep going....something else is bound to come out, anyways."

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Ellen nods. "I'll be good for a while yet," she promises. "I think I can make it to Minefield. There was this... weird gel the aliens had, I don't know how else to describe it... anyway, it fixed up a lot of injuries. I'm just running on dregs, now, that's all. I can tell you the story once we get there."