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[10_20_15_5_50]

[private to Rathan]

Hello.

[That Sam isn't opening with her usual 'hey' isn't insignificant; given that she's not yet met this Guardian---she knows he's a recommended resource for magical information, and a dragon, and that's all---to be respectful is only appropriate.]

I'm sorry to bother you, but if you've the time to, I'd like to meet up to talk. I've got a couple of questions, and Irja suggested I take them to you.

[private to Wing]

Hey, man. Suppose you'd be free sometime this evening? Got a conversation I want to have with you, and I'd rather have it in person, but don't worry, it's not bad news or anything.

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[10_20_15_5_50]

...In ways.

[She quiets, considering, even as she repositions herself to more comfortably lean against Wing, shoulder pressed to his armour.]

I was getting ready to move cross-country, so there's that. Manitoba was meant to be a short stay, something like two years tops, just to see what things were like on the easterly end. I liked it, but I never got too attached since I knew from the start I wouldn't stay. The suddenness isn't an issue; I'm adaptable. The, the severance, though... yeah, that's the bad bit.

[Sam abruptly draws a deep breath and swallows hard, but otherwise manages to keep her composure. She has a handle on it now, and in that moment was just making sure.]

If I could just let someone know I'm okay, it would be a lot better. Got to see everybody not long before I arrived, which was good. Really good. We got all the goodbyes and 'I love you's and the 'be safe's in, so I got no regrets for the last things I said, but goddamn my parents have got to be sick over what might've become of me. That's what's kept me up nights, more than anything else.

[knight_light]

I often wish the same. If only there was a way to let those back home know that we are well. [How shocked would they be to even know he’s still alive.]

At the least we can live our lives here knowing that those we saw last were safe when we last saw them.

[10_20_15_5_50]

Even if it doesn't get me anywhere, I'm gonna keep trying. Periodically. Seems like the least I can do, and what the hell; even if the odds are against it, there's the off chance the stars'll be right and I'll luck out. The odds of all of this, after all...

[Shaking her head, Sam looses a weak little laugh.]

Yeah. And yeah, there's that.

How's it been for you, adjusting?