[There's a long silence, and a bit of static, and a lot of hesitation... but once she starts talking, there's no sign of reserve, or doubt.]
[Not even a little.]
At home, I'm stationed in the center of the land, near Rabona. But somehow I often found my way North. ...not that the Organization knew. They were personal trips, really, because I never did satisfy my curiosity about you. I never knew you the way I wanted to.
Of course, at home you didn't know me either. [She laughs a little, quietly.] I... didn't introduce myself. But, I lingered, from time to time. Close enough to feel your energy. Not that it's easy to miss, or hard to find. It's familiar, and comforting, in some ways
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Leaving what to me, pray tell? This business of approaching you, of hurrying along the process of our getting to know one another?
I'm not really in any rush, in case you hadn't noticed, Priscilla.
However, I do wish to learn more about you, as I am certain you want to know more about me... but I'm quite content to take things... at a more leisurely pace. It would be terrible to miss a single moment due to being unnecessarily hasty, after all.
...you're so strange. I can't imagine knowing three versions of a person and feeling the same way about all of them. It seems as though you ought to dislike at least one of me.
Mm. All this time later, and we're still having the same conversations.
[She laughs a little. Maybe she sounds a little nostalgic.]
I missed it, a little. But yes, I remember something like that. It's one of the reasons I went North, really. I wondered what you would be like in a world where you never knew me.
Oh, there is plenty to do... but little that is worth doing. Worthwhile things only come along once in a generation or so. That is, if one is fortunate.
[ He chuckles, his laughter possessing a balmy cadence. ]
I think you're more than capable, Priscilla, but whether you will or not is an entirely different matter. It should goes without saying that I hope we both live to see many more years, however.
I'd say I'm looking forward to finding out, but I'm not especially. Here it wouldn't be so difficult... I'm told no one ages here, at least not the outworlders.
But at home? It must be odd, watching the world change and staying the same.
...well, no doubt the Organization would send me some kind of suicide mission before it became an issue. They don't like warriors that live overly long. But I wonder what that mission could be. The only thing I can think of capable of doing it would be one of you three. Especially you.
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There'd be a little irony to that, wouldn't there?
[Oi, morbid turn. She frowns, and pushes her hair back.]
[Not even a little.]
At home, I'm stationed in the center of the land, near Rabona. But somehow I often found my way North. ...not that the Organization knew. They were personal trips, really, because I never did satisfy my curiosity about you. I never knew you the way I wanted to.
Of course, at home you didn't know me either. [She laughs a little, quietly.] I... didn't introduce myself. But, I lingered, from time to time. Close enough to feel your energy. Not that it's easy to miss, or hard to find. It's familiar, and comforting, in some ways ( ... )
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I'm not really in any rush, in case you hadn't noticed, Priscilla.
However, I do wish to learn more about you, as I am certain you want to know more about me... but I'm quite content to take things... at a more leisurely pace. It would be terrible to miss a single moment due to being unnecessarily hasty, after all.
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The truth is, I don't really expect to stay for long, so I'm not planning on much - long term or short.
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Or... maybe you just want to make sure I am thinking about you, hm?
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You can think about what you like. I'm sure I'll make the cut from time to time.
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Of course, you really ought to know better by now... You come first. You always will.
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...you're so strange. I can't imagine knowing three versions of a person and feeling the same way about all of them. It seems as though you ought to dislike at least one of me.
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As I have said more times now than I can count... they're all you, and in case you haven't noticed, I'm rather taken with you.
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[She laughs a little. Maybe she sounds a little nostalgic.]
I missed it, a little. But yes, I remember something like that. It's one of the reasons I went North, really. I wondered what you would be like in a world where you never knew me.
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Were you unsatisfied during your countless years before I was born?
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Not that I would know. Yet. After all, I don't age either, and there aren't many things that can kill me. Especially now.
Do you think I can make it to your age?
[A little smile, evident in her tone.]
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[ He chuckles, his laughter possessing a balmy cadence. ]
I think you're more than capable, Priscilla, but whether you will or not is an entirely different matter. It should goes without saying that I hope we both live to see many more years, however.
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But at home? It must be odd, watching the world change and staying the same.
...well, no doubt the Organization would send me some kind of suicide mission before it became an issue. They don't like warriors that live overly long. But I wonder what that mission could be. The only thing I can think of capable of doing it would be one of you three. Especially you.
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There'd be a little irony to that, wouldn't there?
[Oi, morbid turn. She frowns, and pushes her hair back.]
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[ He doesn't like it. Not at all. ]
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