[026. So you're gone and I'm haunted. And I bet you are just fine.]

[lydiascreams]

[Public video]

[Unlike her last couple of barge-wide communications, Lydia looks serious in this one. If you look close enough, or if you know her a little better, you can tell she's upset.]

Jackson's gone. [The words make her jaw clench, her stomach too. Because she might have moved on romantically, but she cares. She always has and she always will.]

I know he didn't have many friends here, but some of you probably knew him.

[And she feels guilty for not doing more, for not trying harder, for not focusing on him more and helping him every second of free time she had.

With a deep breath, she looks away, then back at the camera, her expression more neutral than before.]

Does anyone know why this happens? Why people are sent back without graduating?

Does anyone know what happens to them?

Comments

[warisart]

I understand.

Please know that you may call upon me in the future if you have need. Not that you do not have several much closer friends available to you, but... I keep strange hours. I may be available when they are not.

[lydiascreams]

I'll definitely do that. And if you need anything, any time, let me know too, okay?

[warisart]

I will.

Thank you, Lydia, and good luck.