1st ❄ [video]

[persical]

[The mirror shows what should be a familiar sight by now--a young woman in a white arrival's dress. Except...this one has the wide slit-pupiled eyes and animate ears of...a cat. The gaze she examines the mirror with is intelligent and curious, and she sits back after a moment. Her face sets with determination, the voice issuing from her clear and

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[video]

[aunomdedieu]

The Queen doesn't seem predisposed to listen to requests.

[ Caprica's voice is just... resigned. Although her expression, on the other hand, is another matter - she's never seen anyone who looks like Claire before, and her eyes are wide and immensely curious. Eventually, she has to say something. ]

I'm sorry, but- do all the people where you're from look like you?

[video]

[persical]

So I'm beginning to realize, but I had hope...

[she sighs a bit.]

There's no need to apologize, but-- [here, she smiles a little.] Well, of course not. Everyone looks different, after all. But I'm guessing that means you've never met a Gajuma before, either?

[so strange, but considering she recently just woke up in a body what wasn't her own, strange is quite relative at this point.]

[video]

[aunomdedieu]

[ A quick, apologetic shake of her head. ] Some of us have been here for months. It doesn't seem as if she'll be letting us leave any time soon.

[ The name is foreign to her, like hearing a nonsense word, and she purses her lips. ]

No, never.

[video]

[persical]

Months? [this is a troubling revelation.] I'm so sorry...I wish there were something I could do.

Where I'm from, there are Gajuma as well as Huma like yourself. But it seems like I'm the first Gajuma many people here have met. [that last sentence comes out a little awkwardly, almost hesitant, in contrast with her usual steady speech.]

[video]

[aunomdedieu]

That's a common sentiment here. [ She puts on another little smile. Just because it's a common sentiment doesn't mean it isn't a good one. The feeling of wanting to do something useful and being unable to is a very familiar one for her. ]

The Queen offered to let us go home once, but it seems she's changed her mind since.

[ There's a slight arch of her brows at the awkwardness in Claire's tone, but even for someone as perceptive as Caprica it's impossible to discern why. Still, she takes note of it in the back of her mind. ]

It sounds like an interesting place. Your world.

[video]

[persical]

My world...?

[it's a baffling possibility, but one she can't ignore anymore.]

So there are many worlds, after all?

[video]

[aunomdedieu]

That seems to be the case.

[ She manages a small smile. ]

Not something I believed either, when I first came here. Where I come from, the idea of other worlds - other universes - is... [ Not something the Cylons have ever concerned themselves with. ] strictly theory.

[video]

[persical]

I'm from a country village; the most important thing we thought about was whether our crops would grow the next year. But getting to experience it for myself...it's overwhelming, but a little amazing.

[video]

[aunomdedieu]

[ Caprica... doesn't know what that's like at all. To have concerns that are that mundane. But she gives a soft laugh anyway, approaching sympathetic. ]

I think it was overwhelming for most of us. To be taken away from everything we knew before.

[video]

[persical]

Yes...I can only hope we'll be able to return soon.