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Who: A. Rama Raju, Edward Little, Francis Crozier, William Gibson
What: experiencing/dealing with the horrors
When: after the recent Darkwalker attack, around the time of the town meeting, and after one of the aurora nights
Where: one outside the Community Hall, the other on the outskirts

Content Warnings: Ned's fire trauma, little mention of Raju's trauma that I'll CW for on the comment title. If anything else comes up I'll add! 

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There are dangerous waters nearby, Raju knows. Just why Francis was living with the Netsilik in the first place, why they pitied him; questions Raju is sure he already has the answer to, and doesn’t particularly want to make this man speak about again.

But Francis is smiling as he scrubs at Raju’s hands, seeming cheerful and happy to do this service for Raju as he talks about it. Strange isn’t it, the gesture, from an older man? But Francis seems to be enjoying himself, and Raju certainly isn’t going to complain.

So Francis seems to be in good humour. There should be plenty of room still for asking questions. “What did you need their help for? Staying warm long enough to finish up?”

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Perhaps the act’s just a little break in all the tension the day had heaped on them, but it does make him feel better to do something so mundane as washing his friend’s hands. “Gathering up the snow for the meltwater, building the fire. Something like that uses up a lot of oil, and it’s not something I had to spare.”

He relied on their generosity for all things. It was all he could do to be halfway useful sometimes, and even then when they had him minding the children he’d spook them with his face and red beard.

But Raju’s hands are clean, so he steps back. “Speaking of which, I’m going to gather more snow.”

He’ll duck out without another word, happy to replenish their stores.