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Echo / Dollhouse (post-s1) / End of the Universe)

May 24, 2009 12:57

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freya mcallister, echo, james mayer, balthazar, cat's pups

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hoorayfor_me May 25 2009, 00:07:48 UTC

Echo may not remember Freya, but Freya remembers Echo. And Freya is looking at Echo from over her book.

"Are you okay?"

She can tell, of course, that the answer will be no, but Echo's thoughts are... weird.

doingeverything May 25 2009, 00:14:51 UTC

Echo's thoughts, much like Echo, are

("Now you say it." "I know how to get us out of here." why don't you why don't you Echo has a medical condition I try to why don't you go for a swim? the door's broken now you say it blue skies I know how)

going in circles.

She starts a little when Freya speaks to her; her stride breaks, and she comes to a halt.

"Something's missing."

hoorayfor_me May 25 2009, 00:23:18 UTC

"The door's broken," she repeats.

She's... confirming it, affirming it. Echo is... special. "Are you Bound?"

doingeverything May 25 2009, 00:26:35 UTC

She nods. "We can't go home."

hoorayfor_me May 25 2009, 00:27:11 UTC

"We?"

doingeverything May 25 2009, 04:02:17 UTC

"Topher's here too. The door broke."

hoorayfor_me May 25 2009, 19:19:25 UTC

"Topher," she repeats. "He's your..."

Fill-in-the-blank!

doingeverything May 25 2009, 19:22:04 UTC

(are you ready for your treatment?)

"He takes care of us."

hoorayfor_me May 25 2009, 19:27:02 UTC

"Us?"

doingeverything May 25 2009, 19:28:54 UTC

"In the House. I'm the only one here."

hoorayfor_me May 25 2009, 19:34:32 UTC

They've had this conversation before, unfortunately.

"Where are you from? Before the House?"

doingeverything May 25 2009, 19:39:16 UTC

Echo blinks -- frowns.

(There's a mountain. When I'm there, my name is something else.)

The anxious tension starts to filter into her posture again.

"I . . ."

hoorayfor_me May 25 2009, 19:41:50 UTC

She feels bad about this, but she's obviously triggering something.

"You what?"

doingeverything May 25 2009, 19:43:49 UTC

"I don't -- I don't -- know, I--"

Why doesn't she know?

Why should she know?

hoorayfor_me May 25 2009, 19:50:13 UTC

Maybe she's pushing it too far. But-

Freya rests a hand on Echo's arm. Gently: "Do you have a family?"

doingeverything May 25 2009, 22:33:34 UTC

She closes her eyes, flinching.

Images, thoughts not quite fully formed enough to be memories, flash through her mind: dozens of brothers, sisters, pairs of parents, lovers, a daughter, a son.

She shakes her head -- not exactly answering Freya's question; more like she's trying to clear her head.

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