107. [voice, brief video]

[yetsleeping]

[At first, there's just... quiet, and the clicky sound of someone walking - metal on stone.]

[After a moment, though, Priscilla starts talking, and her voice is harder now, despite its perpetually girlish sound.]In the past few weeks, I've learned a great many things. ...perhaps some of them were things I shouldn't have learned. But you can't

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Video / Private.

[supercilious]

So now you want to talk. Very well. I suppose you'll want command back.

Video / Private.

[yetsleeping]

Yes.

[RATHER TO THE POINT, THERE.]

I hope that won't be... awkward.

Video / Private.

[supercilious]

[ NO SPARE WORDS HERE NO SIREE. ]

No. In fact, I'd like to relinquish my position as your successor.

Video / Private.

[yetsleeping]

[she presses her lips together.]

If that's what you really want. Although it's a rather extreme move over hedgehogging.

[...sure that made sense.]

Or... porcupining?

Maybe a turtle.

[...yeah.]

[voice]

[firebornfidelis]

Of course, Priscilla.

[Her voice shows some concern through her usual businesslike tone, but she'll let Priscilla lead the conversation.]

[voice]

[yetsleeping]

I have to get back into things. [Before her head collapses again, if nothing else. She rubs her face.]

...did I miss anything important?

[voice]

[firebornfidelis]

Nothing of particular note. I can write you a report if you like that would cover everything Patrol related that happened during your absence.

...

How are you doing?

[voice]

[yetsleeping]

Please, that... would be very appreciated.

[PAUSE FOREVER. And then...]

I'm fine. Not many of my kind have had the chance to come back from something like that.

voice

[mudhair]

[Really, what is there to say? Clarice mumbles, finding that there really isn't much at all.]

I'm glad you're back even though... I guess you really weren't gone.

Re: voice

[yetsleeping]

...I wasn't gone. And I was. It's complicated, I guess.

[And so are her feelings on this whole thing.]

But thank you.

voice

[mudhair]

Things have been complicated for everyone, I think.

[um um] I, uh, started making larger carvings. [sdfljsd] And, well, they're taking up a lot of space.

[DSLKFJDIOFJDSKL] I mostly make them of animals, so...

voice

[yetsleeping]

...yes. [But she's guessing not more complicated than they have been for her. :|]

[She pauses, and rubs her face a bit.]

Oh... right. You carved... how is that going?

[ voice ]

[amongmonsters]

Welcome back, Priscilla.

[And then there's a little pause that hangs, as if he was thinking of saying something else, but decided not to.]

[ voice ]

[yetsleeping]

I didn't exactly leave.

[...]

That was pretty concise. You usually talk more than that.

[yeah, she still remembers all those years.]

[ voice ]

[amongmonsters]

I didn't know. One of the warriors [What was her name again? He remembers her face from that one encounter seven years ago, but...] said you might be gone.

[And then he's quiet, trying to decide what to say, and if he should say it.]

...I was just. Thinking. The first time we talked, here, you hadn't awakened yet. But now you have. [And gone back, somehow. He can't help but wonder if you're okay with it.]

[ voice ]

[yetsleeping]

Helen.

[She stiffens a bit, and goes quiet.]

Yes, that's all true. It was...

[......]

...different.

Voice

[strongarmed]

I suppose that'll do for me. Welcome back, Priscilla.

Voice

[yetsleeping]

For you, it would be sufficient.