Kind of. Mom taught me French and we lived in Budapest, Munich, Tokyo, Spain, Lima... you learn a ton in full immersion and then I got the rosetta stones to keep it up.
[Of course he would want to keep his mind occupied. She knows that's why he spent so much time working on the wall, too—little details picked up in the drift.]
[ Raleigh actually takes a moment to consider that. Things have been so busy since he came back to the PPDC, even after the mission's success. It's still been a flurry of debriefings and parties and interviews that are only just now starting to die down. He's different, having drifted again. The space where his brother always was doesn't feel quite as empty. Part of Mako is there now, he can still feel her, but the fact is... they're not going to do it anymore. So the silence that's haunted him the past five years might still be an issue, when life is quiet again too. ]
[Mako just nods. She understands that instinct to work yourself to exhaustion. It's something she's struggling with now, largely because there's nothing to work on. It gives her far too much time to think about Sensei and the others. She's not sure if leaving Hong Kong will help that or make it worse.]
I used to find things that were broken and try to repair them, or come here and help with maintenance.
[Even if that wasn't her job. The crews got used to it quickly enough.]
[And she does know. Whenever anyone else says that, she just agrees, maybe even bounces ideas back and forth with them, but with Raleigh, she defaults to something more honest.]
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It helps to keep my mind occupied.
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Do you still need to keep your mind occupied?
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Honestly, I'm not sure. I guess we'll see?
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I used to find things that were broken and try to repair them, or come here and help with maintenance.
[Even if that wasn't her job. The crews got used to it quickly enough.]
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Gotta keep busy. I know that feeling.
You won't find anything quite like a Jaeger to engineer, but I bet work will still be easy to come by. Just pick a field.
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[And she does know. Whenever anyone else says that, she just agrees, maybe even bounces ideas back and forth with them, but with Raleigh, she defaults to something more honest.]
Nothing will be the same as Gipsy.
[Gipsy kind of turned into her baby.]