Двадцять сім 27: Lost family

[motheringnation]

[Brother was still gone. And it still hurt. Because that ...thing, accent-less, America praising...thing, was not him. He hadn't even gotten all awkward when she brought him a sunflower. Or tried to make her stay over for a few days.

She never thought she'd miss being tricked into spending a weekend at his house.

But life goes on, and so does she.

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[lunawolves10th]

[Someone is taking a day off from being a knightly guy, and just walking the park in outdoorswear. He looks pale and a little unhealthy, as though he's been burning the candle at both ends. But he does notice someone crying on the park bench. He will cross to her, a concerned look on his craggy, slightly equine features.]

Are you all right, Mamzel?

[Asks the 8 1/2 foot tall giant.]

[motheringnation]

[Ukraine looks up...and up. and ...okay jokes over. Though considering her daughters a ghost and her "neice" is a Martian, she manages not to look shocked. She just wipes her eyes and shakes her head.]

I'm fine...r-really.

[lunawolves10th]

So you say.

[He pauses a moment] Has the town afflicted you in some way? Or just the stress of existing here...

[He looks down at his own exhausted form.]

It seems to take a toll on everyone.

[motheringnation]

Th-they took my little brother away....

[lunawolves10th]

Oh.... I'm so sorry. I have lost all my brothers as well.

[He looks down at her, his own eyes reflecting her grief, his statue-like face like that of a grieving angel. He is quiet for a bit. Not knowing what to say. If the brother was dead, that was one thing. The way this town works... he can't be sure.]

[motheringnation]

[She nods.]

I-it's hard seeing him like that...it's like a shell. He doesn't even sound the same.

[lunawolves10th]

He... sounds like an unaware resident of this town? Instead of someone with their own personality?

[He asks. He just wants to be sure,it's a hard question but there's always the possibility this town has done something else new and awful.]

[motheringnation]

He's a drone.

[She just says it simply. She doesn't want to discuss it.]

[lunawolves10th]

[He nods.]

My condolences once again I... [he frowns.]

That is all I can offer, in this place.

[There is some bitterness in that realization. What good is a protector, a warrior who can't save anyone? All he can do is destroy, and even that is rendered meaningless. What an awful place this is.]

[motheringnation]

[She nods but smiles sadly.]

...Thank you.

[lunawolves10th]

[Garviel bows formally to her at this point.]

Under the circumstances the sentiment may seem trite, but I bid you good day, Mamzel.

If.... there are other here who are important to you, you should take comfort in their presence, at this time. Alone, we are weak things, against the vagaries of this place. Only in our loyalty to one another can we find strength, and faith.

[With that, he'll step away, looking back once to make sure she's not about to like dissolve into tears or do something drastic.]

[motheringnation]

[Oh yes very drastic. She'll continue to sit there. Lost in thought.]