September 14, 2011 (Intelligence Compound, Polyhex) --- Alpha had done... something, when he was there- if that hadn't been just the product of First Aid's exhausted processor giving up and throwing up random defrag hallucinations, and First Aid had been able to slip into a real recharge for the first time in days, the pain slipping into the background to a level he could block it out enough to shut down, even knowing he might be jolted awake at any moment. It had lasted through being awakened by Robustus for a hurried conversation with Lifeline (Lifeline! Safe! The relief had felt good, too, even tinged with worry about why she was in Polyhex to begin with.), but after the two older medics had left, it had begun to wear off, the pain of his injuries going from a distant ache to an annoyin