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"Hey Mike," Israfil said, "What's going on here?" He looked at the containers being moved around.
Might be interested in this, depending on things play out.
I'd be interested in this. I can help come up with a world/premise where this would be a thing. Maybe we can do a 1x1 or small group.
Mike could see Chief Engineer Link having a heated discussion on his drive with the captain, "Are you sure? Even though everything in this Hangar is top secret? ... The top brass are losing their minds! The scientists won't like this one bit! ... Of course, you're the captain. Very well."

Link grabbed the PA and announced, "Alright teams, hold off on the cog repairs for now, and get ready to import some cargo!"

The hangar doors opened as small mobile utility craft from the other carrier headed towards the enemy freighters, bringing back large containers and laying them around the hangar. The engineering crew set about with forklifts and the like to move these containers to out-of-the-way positions and began cataloging them. Again a symbol could be seen on many of the containers:



Israfil entered the hangar, looking around for Mike.
"Thanks," Solomon said a bit awkwardly.

Once outside, Tera said, "I'm probably going to go rest for now, what are you going to do?" She asked everyone present.

"I'll go back to the hangar," Israfil said. He planned to see Mike again.
A nurse popped her head into the room and said, "Please keep the visit short," and went back to their business.

"Right," Solomon said, "I need to 'rest my mind', which really just means sitting here bored or try to go to sleep."

"I guess we'll leave you to that," Tera said, making her way out.

"Get well soon," Israfil said, following suit.
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"Oh, these?" Solomon said with a hint of irritation, "the doctor said I'm experiencing 'mental load', and wants me to minimize sensory input." SOlomon realized they may not know what he was talking about and added, "Mental load is something that Ascendeds experience when pushing the limits of their abilities, although the doctor thinks that given how 'in our heads' our cogs are, even non-Ascendeds might start experiencing it if they pilot their cogs too much, or if the cogs demands place too much strain on the pilot's mind. Of course, it's just a theory, since I'm the first to come down with it while piloting a cog; neither lieutenant has experienced it yet. Now that I think about it, I don't know the Lieutenant's ability, and if it's useful in battle. And can Quantums experience mental load?"

"Actually, yes we can," Tera said, "Some Quantums desire the convenience of having built-in electronic communications or increased computing power, those that do and push themselves have experienced something similar."
"Of course," Israfil replied.

Solomon was given his own room at the infirmary. The diagnosis was that he collapsed not be cause of blood loss (he didn't actually lose that much blood), but because of mental load. So their treatment was to keep him in a room that was dimly lit and kept relatively quiet to reduce sensory input until he recovered. Still, the nurses allowed visitors as long as they didn't raise their voices.

"How do you feel?" Israfil asked.

Solomon who was wearing shades as part of the treatment, shrugged, "I think they're overreacting. I feel fine. I was just fatigued from the battle was all." He took a sip from a juice carton.
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