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[octavia_minor]

In her time back home, Octavia had seen a fair number of deaths, but illness was a subject with which she wasn't well acquainted, and so the news of Isabel in the clinic hit her harder than she might have expected. They hadn't known each other an especially long time, true, but she still cared about the other girl; knowing that there was little she

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[endlessdel]

It had been a while since she had heard latin spoke so well or since anyone had prayed to her. She'd enjoyed Rome for a while, they'd called her Mannia there. "SaLVe dAughTER," Delirium said, tilting her head at the girl praying to the trampoline. Delirium climbed onto the trampoline and smiled at her manically.

[octavia_minor]

Octavia was startled at the greeting, having not heard it for a good six months now, and even more surprised at what she looked up to see. "Salve," she returned, the syllables dragged out in her uncertainty. "Do I...know you?"

[endlessdel]

"nO, BuT yOUr peOPLE kNEW Me." Delirium said grinning at her. "mEUs NomeN manniA EsT. i haVEN't ANsWERED pRAYers iN suCH A Long tiME But i suPPOSE i coULD FOR YoU. i wON'T EveN ASK foR YOUr saniTY bUT AN oFFERing wouLD be... dELightFUL."

[octavia_minor]

It wasn't the first time Octavia had encountered a deity, or else she might have been more surprised; as it was, her mouth still dropped open slightly, her head bowing almost reverently. "I don't know what there is to offer here," she admitted, "nor do I know of any priests. I would, though, believe me."