Raider nodded. "At the very least, it’ll make people stop asking about him."
Blue glanced between them, reading their resistance to the J1N on their faces. "This won't do. For this to work, you have to treat him like the real Jin. Try calling him by name. Say Jin."
Kira’s lip curled in immediate rejection. This machine wasn’t Jin.
"Jiiiinnnnn," Blue repeated, drawing his name out into several syllables.
"Do you want to die today?" Kira asked.
Blue looked affronted. "This was your plan, remember? How do you expect to fool anyone if you can't even call him by name?"
"The kid has a point, " Raider pointed out.
"See!" Blue exclaimed.
"Fine."
If they were going to make that big a deal about this, she'd give them what they wanted.
"Jin. Happy now?" Kira asked.
"Ecstatic."
Raider sent Kira a sympathetic look as Blue flounced off the bridge, leaving the J1N behind. "It's a good plan."
"I know."
That didn't make its implementation any easier though.
"Jin is not going to be happy about what I've done to his body when we finally get him back," Kira said.
"He'll understand you did what you had to."
"I hope so."
"Besides, he's the one who left his body unattended. He can't complain if someone else put it to good use."
Kira smirked at her friend. "I'm going to let you be the one who explains that to him."
A knock came from the open hatch. Kira looked over to find Joule standing on the threshold.
"What's up?" she asked.
"Since you're awake, Devon and I were wondering if you'd like to oversee today's training session."
That wasn't a bad idea. After the last few days of inactivity, Kira could use a little training herself.
"When is it?" she asked.
"Now?"
"Go," Raider said at Kira's hesitation. Even going so far as to make shooing motions at her. "I've got the bridge. There's nothing I need you for up here."
Says the man who almost informed his commanding officer of his intention to go AWOL.
Seeing her look, Raider rolled his eyes. "I'll be sure to call you if I think I'm going to do something impetuous in your absence."
"Good enough for me," Kira said, sauntering toward Joule, the J1N following after a long second.
