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[huffpuffblonde]

[The datapad clicks on to the video of a rather frantic looking Rose.]

I've just had a really, really weird dream, I was hoping someone could shed a bit of light on it. I don't... really think it was a dream. I think it might've been a memory.

Someone- Flynn, I think. The Doctor talked about him, is there any way I can- or Tron? I've... are you two

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[huffpuffblonde]

[Rose is startled by the appearance of the young man on the screen, but she looks instantaneously relieved to see him, and even moreso when he actually starts talking. The dream brought on the thoughts and feelings and fears of the person who owned the memory, so actually seeing him brings up a sort of... connection that hadn't been there before this whole fiasco started. She'd known Flynn was alright, he popped on a second or two before Tron, so when she sees the other half of the duo, she visibly relaxes.

She's also pleased to finally be able to ask him if he had any turnabout, because she really doesn't like the idea of something messing around in her head, trading memories even more so. She's got a collection of really personal things in there, not to mention a few that are terrifying.]

Yeah, I'm Rose. Got a few people together a few times, try and boost morale, you know.

[She takes a deep breath, and bites her lip.] I saw... Flynn and... and someone that looks like him. He came on a bit ago and explained it to me, but he was... attacked, and you protected him, but it... there were so many emotions that came on with it... it was terrifying, watching him, afraid that he was going to... afraid you couldn't...

The Doctor took me to see my dad die, once. He's got... he can travel through time, and I asked him to be with my dad when he passed. Except I couldn't just... sit there and let it happen, so I ran out into the road. I saved his life even though I wasn't supposed to. But it was wrong, and in the end, I had to let him die anyway. It was a bit like that.

((IT'S TOTALLY FINE MAN D: Dental work is scary! Just hope you feel better!))

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[tronja307020]

[It's strange, the way the dream makes his protective but somewhat detached feeling for the Users of this world instantly log her image into his mind as [USER-ROSE: ALLY. PROTECT.] in a way that doesn't normally happen so quickly. There are too many Users here for him to latch onto every single one of them to try and keep them safe. But she'll be one of them now, as long as she's here in this Universe. Tron's loyalty is hard-broken. Luckily, when she visibly relaxes, his own stress seems to melt a little more. She's ok. Nothing is wro-...

The circuits visible on his skin - infinately more detailed and intricate then they had been when displayed through his armor back home - dim visibly when she begins, a sick sort of expression crossing his face before he's locking the link down to a private connection.]

I...[His lips move for a moment, but he can't seem to form words and eventually just closes his mouth as he tries to think of a suitable response. An explanation. An excuse.] The other Progra-...the man who looked like Flynn was Clu. He...was our friend. [He sounds like he's simultaneously snarling the word in disgust and crumbling. He reaches up to rub at his chest, letting out a long breath as if his chest hurts, trying to pull his emotions under control before he loses control of them. He doesn't like talking about what happened then, let alone having someone see his own failure first hand, through his own eyes!]

What else did you see...? Was there...did you see what came after? [And there's a kind of dread in his voice as he realizes what other things she may have witnessed. Did she know more then she was saying? Did she have the memories of all those he'd derezzed in her mind now as well?

Still, when she describes her own experiences, and the care she took trying to save her Father, he pauses, obviously listening intently. It causes such a confusing mixture of emotions in him that he's not quite sure how to respond. In the end, all he can muster is a question. One that has been in the back of his mind for a long time, now.]

What's it like, having...a "dad"? Or a "mom" or "brother" or...I'm sorry. I know the meanings behind the concepts, but my kind don't have families.

((TY, I do. :> I just have to relax my jaw. Apparently I've been tensing my tongue up to avoid biting it while it was numb for so long that it's got a permanent cramp. 8| ))

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[huffpuffblonde]

[She frowns at the explanation, or the pieces of it. Betrayed by a friend. She was starting to grasp this whole program-programmer, user, computer thing. She was quick with getting new concepts. She chewed on her lip as she listened, at the look on his face.]

I'm so sorry. That's awful. No, it ended with Flynn getting away, with the pair of you fighting. I didn't see who won, or if he got away safely, or... or anything, that's why I was worried.

[The question, on the other hand, catches her off-guard. He didn't know what it was like to have a family? That was so sad. As a person who loved her mum like you wouldn't believe, who loved her dad even though he was deceased most of her life, she couldn't help but sympathize.]

I dunno, sometimes a family isn't something you're born with, it's... something you forge over time. Having a dad is like... a man you look up to, who you trust, who'd protect you and teach you the difference between right and wrong, who you love. And a mum is someone that cares for you, and nurtures you, and nags at you to fold your clothes or brush your hair. I dunno about brothers and sisters, I haven't got any of those, but I assume it's like... like a friend that's more than just a friend. Someone you've got a bond with that'll last a lifetime.

((Oh my gosh tongue cramps 8|))