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[OOM: Our past is always too close.Demeter is not terribly aware as she walks down the stairs from her room, she had slept so quickly after putting Momiji to bed and woken in such shock. She's not sure whether she wants to walk until she can't feel her feet and doesn't know the land under them or just sit

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[smart_house]

[ooc: Doppleganger. Yes, this has been cleared.]

"Are you alright?"

The voice does not come from any particular person, but there's one too many doors in the wall behind Demeter's position.

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(OOC: Mun giggles a lot, I love this idea.)

The voice makes Demeter jump and without thinking she first speaks in an older version of Greek,

"Who's that?"

[smart_house]

It's a language that SARAH can't immediately translate on her own.

"I am sorry if I startled you," SARAH continues in English until she can match up the vocal intonation of the woman to a dialect of Greek. Then, in much more modern Greek printout across the exterior panel to the right of SARAH's door:

I hope I did not scare you. My name is SARAH.

Fargo never thought to record a voice track for the house in Greek.

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Its hearing the English that breaks Demeter from her thoughts and she stands up and runs her hand across the print out and remembers to use English,

"Oh, hello, Sarah. I.i'm..I will be fine."

[x5_493_ben]

Ben sees her. And when he does, he frowns. Something is off but he doesn't know what. But it doesn't stop him from walking over and sitting beside her. Not saying a word he just gives a deep purr.

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The purr gets through to her partly and she leans against him, not talking yet just trusting that warmth.

[x5_493_ben]

He wraps an arm around her and nuzzles her shoulder a bit, that purr deepening into a rumble.

[wheatencrown]

"Hello, Ben."

She turns to hug him properly, she's trying to be strong but its hard.

[licensed_pro]

Something about the way Demeter looks makes Charlie worry, coming over to her to put a hand on her shoulder carefully, brushing his hair out of his eyes. Straightened, it's much longer and tends to get in the way.

"What's wrong, Demeter?"

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She jumps at the hand, muttering something in an old dialect of Greek before seeing Charlie,

"Oh nothing, just something old that should be forgotten."

[licensed_pro]

He pulls his hand back at her startling, coming around to where she can see him fully. "I recall saying the same thing to you didn't work for me." He looks at her seriously, through eyes lined dark with shadow.

"Tell me what's wrong, please."

[wheatencrown]

"I had a nightmare about something that happened a very long time ago."

[ecrivez_moivite]

The pilot doesn't bother with words. He circles around her, making sure he won't surprise her before sitting next to her, cautiously curling one arm around her shoulders - he'll understand if she doesn't want proximity.

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She curls deep into him, not speaking yet just hiding though she'll never say she's hiding.

[ecrivez_moivite]

He'll be there as long as she needs him.

And he won't ask any questions.

Not unless she wants to talk.

[wheatencrown]

He's safe and warm and she whispers in French full of Greek,

"I.I'm sorry, just a dream, so long ago, silly to cry about it."

[thatinyourpipe]

He hadn't seen her looking so. Not since that day he found her long ago in that cave, when the earth lay dying. No one else could find her but the one who knew the mountains of Arkadia best of all.

"Must I find you and have you drawn out again?" Pan murmured as his hooves only made faint tapping noises as he slowly approached her.

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She looks up at him, her eyes fresh with pain and memories and is in his arms trembling and crying,

"A dream should not hurt so!"

[thatinyourpipe]

It was just like that night, it was quiet and eerie how familiar this felt as his hairy arms held her. He started to slowly rock back and forth.

"Shhh... Dreams should not. What reminded you?

[wheatencrown]

"A dream. I haven't dreamed of it before but I did and it hurts."

Demeter knows she's safe in his arms, Pan saw the river rise and was there when no one else would speak to her.