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[a_mere_child]

New shirt to replace Alyx's pierced and bloodstained hoodie: check.

Set of denims in what she hopes is Gordon's size: check.

Finding the way back up to the mess hall and bunks: ...not so check. Alyx hasn't been to White Forest for a couple of years, and isn't as sure of her way around as she thought she was.

She's not quite desperate enough to

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[blueshifted]

Barney's been feeling a little better after talking to Gordon, but he'd still like to check back with Alyx just to make sure she's alright, too. He'd been wandering around during his free time hoping to run into her when someone had mentioned that she had pants for Gordon and might be lost, so he figured he'd help her out. It was the least he could do.

[a_mere_child]

Alyx double-takes at the sight of a familiar face in the hall.

"--Barney?? When did you get here?"

[blueshifted]

"Oh, hey, Alyx! I just got here... few hours ago, maybe." He's exhausted, and looks it. That meeting, on top of everything else, was a drain. (But he's got miles to go before he sleeps.)

"You?"

[a_mere_child]

"Maybe forty-five minutes--but nobody told me you were here!"