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[still_golden]

Things happened very quickly after the battle at Andarien. Things changed, in the blink of an eye

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[pwyll_twiceborn]

"- Jen."

Paul is caught staring - and staring openly.

Of all the faces he'd never expected to see again.

"Jen."

[still_golden]

Her smile lights up, and it's the old, golden Jen there in her face as she turns and rushes towards him.

"Paul!"

[pwyll_twiceborn]

Paul reaches out, and hugs her tightly - still scarcely believing that she's here.

The last thing he'd seen of Jennifer Lowell was her sailing off into a legend. People don't come back from that, do they?

"God - Jen, how the hell did you get here?" he demands, over her shoulder.

[still_golden]

She laughs. "How do you get here, Paul?"

Pulling back to look at him, she adds, "There's more ways to travel than just by boat."

[theravenboy]

Bran met Jennifer Lowell once. He has no quarrel with her, although he spoke harshly when they met. Tonight, he nods politely at Jennifer, sending his white hair flying in all directions.

[still_golden]

Her small smile doesn't exactly disappear when she catches his eye, but it does fade from the bright cheer of a young woman to something older and more thoughtful.

She approaches, chin lifting, and says quietly, "Good evening, Bran Davies."

[theravenboy]

"Good evening, Jennifer Lowell," Bran answers with quiet courtesy. "Have you been well?"

[still_golden]

"Better," she says, "than in a long time. And you?"

[bannion_sight]

She's smiling when she walks through the door, and there's a slight spring to her step.

That all changes in the blink of an eye. Kim jerks to a halt, staring.

"Jen."

It's a whisper, barely more than that-- that's all that will come through her suddenly-aching throat.

"Oh, Jen."

[still_golden]

She turns, and her smile lights up her face, as bright and golden as before.

"Kim."

And then she's rushing forward in a swirl of skirts, arms outstretched, to pull her best friend into a hug.

[bannion_sight]

She's laughing and crying at once as her arms go around Jen, and Kim holds on, tight.

"Wait-- I thought-- but how did you--"

[still_golden]

Jennifer laughs, holding on no less tightly. "One at a time, Kim!"

[first_of_dana]

Jaelle found a door in the basement of a house by a lake, and opened it, and has found herself here.

She looks the same as she ever has, and very different. Her hair is bound back with a simple cord, and her dress (which seems odd to her after all that time in white) is a deep blue.

But there's no outward show of surprise to find herself here. Or to see the other woman. (Even if she is in fact, surprised by both.

"Jennifer."

[still_golden]

Jennifer turns, and her smile widens in pleased surprise, even as she takes in the changes in Jaelle's appearance.

"Jaelle!"

[first_of_dana]

Jaelle holds both hands out to the other woman, and smiles.

"I had not thought to see you again."

Her face darkens slightly.

"I trust this does not mean that anything is wrong."

[still_golden]

"Nothing at all," Jennifer says, taking her hands. "Nothing at all."

She looks Jaelle over, and adds, "Things have changed since we left, haven't they? How are you?"