Little girl lost

[dr_schreber]

Continued from here.Schreber PINpoints home to the living room with a little girl, who has Orwell on her shoulder. A little girl named Sarah Branigan. She put up with him as a teenager so he guesses this is only fair, but he hopes she won't be disappointed with what he makes when she stays for dinner. They will have to have soup and sandwiches,

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[sarah_branigan]

Sarah is not allowed to use the oven yet, so soup and sandwiches it is.

She spends a few moments trying to get used to suddenly being somewhere else. Thankfully, she isn't motion sick, just surprised. "Is this your h-- oh, the beach!" She runs over to the window to get a better look, the raven on her shoulder forgotten. Orwell flaps his wings several times to keep his balance before giving up and flying over to the couch.

Belatedly she answers Schreber, her gaze still on the beach. "The machine in the Nexus that tells you where you're from said that there aren't any portals to here."

[dr_schreber]

Schreber did not figure she would get PINpoint sickness since she doesn't grown up. He can't help smiling when he sees her so excited about the beach. Orwell has had lots of beef jerky so he will just have to be happy with that.

"Ah, oh, no. But we can get in and out with... the PINpoints. Most people here don't... know about the Nexus, and we don't want... them to get lost the way you did." Schreber keeps using his cane even though they are in the house because he is sore from looking for her so long.

"We can go out on... the beach in a minute, if... you want to." He wants to send a couple messages first to say she's found.

[sarah_branigan]

"Uh-huh..." She's only half-listening. "Maybe the machine told me I live here because I really like it here. We come here every summer for vacation. Well, except when my brother was born because he was too little." She makes a face.

His question attracts her attention and she turns back to him, excited. "Can we? What about your leg, are you okay?" Calling her grandparents can wait a little while, especially since there will probably be a spanking by the end of it.

[dr_schreber]

"...You do? To Shell Beach?" These are definitely memories from the Strangers then and he isn't quite sure what to think about that. Schreber fidgets with the head of his cane. "I'll stay on the boardwalk, the... cane sinks right into the sand, but you... can run in it as long as you stay... where I can see you." He keeps fiddling with his PINpoint, typing on it with one hand. "Do... ah... Did anyone in the Nex...us tell you that you remin...ded them of someone else?"