[hearing something in the waking world while still asleep can sometimes alter dreams. Not much help here for that. Still... perhaps it can soothe the transition. Out of the forge comes the sound of strings playing something cheering and beautiful. It's being held up to Io's victrola.]
[switches to video. Shows Lupin setting his forge down on a stack of books, propping it next to the record. The music will keep playing so Hope can listen until he turns off his own forge.]
You're welcome.
[There may be a brief flash of his own sympathetic broadcast. Using a forge this time of month very tricky, especially thinking along these lines. But Lupin closes the thought and the image-
music barrier against the past
-with that final phrase swirls and shuts off. He's finding ways.
[It's all a lot to take in. Hope remains silent for a long while, before he manages to work out his thoughts and find his voice somewhere. Still, he sounds subdued.]
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Thank you.
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You're welcome.
[There may be a brief flash of his own sympathetic broadcast. Using a forge this time of month very tricky, especially thinking along these lines. But Lupin closes the thought and the image-
music barrier against the past
-with that final phrase swirls and shuts off. He's finding ways.
The forge switches back to]
[voice]
You'll let me know if you want any company.
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Of course. Don't worry, Remus.
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Friends can't help but worry. You know that.
[words very much like a hug]
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