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// The Darkest Hour (Part 2) 
// Story: Heat Death 
// by ScottTrek 
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"Are we really going through with this? Are you ok with this."

"..."

"I... think I am."

"I think... I think I am to."

"Oh good, I though I might be going mad, but I don't think we'd both go mad at the same time."

"It is scary though."

"No doubt, I thought Aurora was about to slither straight out of her armour." 

"HA! Well i thought Ember was about to set her own hair on fire."

"Jeez, she hasn't done that since..."

"Since we got stuck in that temporal rift a few years back."

"Phew... I guess so."

"..."

"..."

"How the relay looking?"

"87% charge. You can get started on the next one, we can't afford to waste time."

"Yes ma'am."

"..."

"... Gala?"

"Yea?"

"Gala i think I love you."

"... Dusty, this is like the absolute worst moment. You know that right?"

"I know... but... you know..."

"I love you too."

"..."

"Your a dork."

"Hah ha."

"Heh..."

"Relay?"

"Fully charged. Two more and we can start shunting power from sector 12."

"Lets go."