Sometimes, we all just need to draw the shade and get some rest. Go ahead and get some rest, ole pal. I’ll keep a watch out for Claire.
-Brandon
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From: Brandon Devlin
Subject: Help
Date: Sagittarius 38, 0031 08:47
To: Emma Devlin
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Hi Babe,
I got an email from Ty, the other day. He’s really sounding down. With Claire gone, all he’s doing is sitting around moping about not being on the mission. His depression and injury are making him sit around a lot. And the more he sits, the more he obsesses on Claire’s death. At least the mission would have given him a purpose. It’s such a vicious circle. I don’t know what to do or say to help him. If I were home, I’d take a few days off to visit Ty, take him out, get him drunk, and try to distract him from things for a while. But, I’m not there and it’s so frustrating. The only thing I can do from here is to write and crack jokes, or something like that. As they say, ‘laughter is the best medicine’. Maybe that’s the answer I was looking for. Just keep telling him jokes and funny stories to provide a little diversion. What a great idea. Thanks, Hon. You always know the right things to say. Hee hee
I’ll write more, later. I need to dust off the old mental joke-book and perhaps research a few new ones.
TTFN, HOLLAND Brandon
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Brandon spent a good part of the next two days attempting to come up with jokes and stories to lift Ty’s spirits. While first testing them out on the rest of the crew, he found that the guys roared at the ‘for men only’ jokes, but Sally was the only one that laughed at all of the other jokes and rolled her eyes at the puns, and that was good enough for him. As engineers go, Brandon has a great sense of humor.