Six Christmas Giant Socks

[grimmdark]

A. Phone, unfiltered. Morning.

Some might have noticed this already, but I am returned to Mayfield a week or so after the events that shook the town in ways that go beyond the literal. Should I assume that everybody remains the same? Or have we lost new members of this fine society on the cruel grasp of droning?

I certainly hope we haven't.

B.

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[dreambubbly]

[Thank goodness you're not droned anymore, Rose.]

So far? Not really. But we gained the most dangerous troll there is. Stay close to Kanaya, all right?

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[grimmdark]

Pray tell me more about this troll? I don't remember finding any of you twelve to be uncharacteristically dangerous.

[dreambubbly]

Her Imperious Condescension - the Condesce - is my direct ancestor. You don't know her because she's been off on her fancy ship taking over countless planets for hundreds of sweeps. But I always knew she'd come back. She had to. We share a lusus and it would have her come back to come after me.

That's an inevitability, but I'm more worried about the rest of you humans than I am myself. She's hurt one already and I know she'll hurt more.

[grimmdark]

Ancestor? I thought you trolls had less...uniform ways of reproduce. I didn't know you had a direct relation to any in particular.

[And a particular nasty one, it would seem.]

I will keep my eyes open though. Thanks for the advice. And don't risk yourself with a family meeting if possible.

[dreambubbly]

The dominant genes can float to the top, making as close to a direct connection as there can be.

[She manages a tired laugh.]

I don't intend to, but it's inevitable. It won't be a question of how she gets me, but how painful it will be.

[grimmdark]

Hm. Interesting, to say the least.

I will not allow you to put your life in danger, Feferi. Do watch your steps carefully, or ask somebody to overview the family bonding and be ready to intercede.