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[otomechapilot]

I'll do the cooking show after the Jaunt, I didn't have time to prepare it, but...

What's this I hear about Tower falling?

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[otomechapilot]

...yeah, agreed. We need friends, now more than ever. We need more enemies like we need holes in our head...

Are you new? Or newly returned? I don’t think we’ve met... I’m Sara, it’s been almost two years for me.

[canbebrave]

Newly returned is the closer of the two. Lady Sansa Stark, and I’d say it’s a pleasure, but I do wish our introduction was on better circumstances.

I had been absent for just over two years time. It seems in my absence we’ve begun killing both fellow travelers and the...Arcana.

[otomechapilot]

I'm still not sure how. I think him being a - spirit of Ruin, among other things - made it easier.

...are you Armin's friend Sansa?

[canbebrave]

You'll have to tell me if you find out how.

Oh! Yes, I'm Armin's...friend, Sansa. [If Sansa's blush could come through psychic voice alone, it would.]

Psi protect II forever

[otomechapilot]

[Well. There's no way to mention what they were to each other briefly without awkwardness, is there. But there are politic ways. Tactful ones.

She telegraphs raising that veil of privacy with a little psychic crackle.]

He's missed you terribly. I'm glad you're back.

[canbebrave]

Thank you. Were it up to me, I wouldn’t have strayed from his side for so long, but— the Gods seldom do what I wish. I’m glad to have returned.

[otomechapilot]

It's a pleasure to meet you - though uh, you'll forgive me if I'm sorry that it's here.

(She steels herself with a deep breath. It registers through the link. Still, she dances round it.)

...and I think I understand what you mean. There's someone from home I need to get back to - came in the the chaos, left when it was over.

[canbebrave]

You needn’t apologize for that. This place is not a blessing to us all.

[She’s a little stiffer, having felt that through the link.]

I’m sorry to hear that. It’s difficult, the things we leave behind us- home amongst them.

I debated the IC wisdom of saying this, then I went "she's Fool's tho"

[otomechapilot]

...I think I should tell you, uh....

Like a year after you were gone, and a year after I started Travelling, I danced with Armin at the ball, we had fun, and we dated for a little bit. Then you came back, he immediately tried to let me down gently, and.

We broke up? Cause I really don't want to stand between you two.

But I figured you ought to know from one of us, privately, before someone else mentioned?

[canbebrave]

Oh. [Well, now she’s completely stiff, careful not to give away any emotion through the link]

Thank you for letting me know. Perhaps I should be the one apologizing?

[otomechapilot]

Oh, nonono, not at all! I don't think I'm really wired to be jealous, and we weren't that serious. There's uh, a reason I emphasized how long it was for both of us before we even thought about it.

He missed you, and I'd rather be your friend and his if I still can than ruin things.

[And she does mean it. She's not just saying that. Which she really hopes comes across.]

[canbebrave]

It’s alright. You said it wasn’t serious. And I was gone a very long time.

But now I’m back. I don’t intend to let anyone ruin things. [It’s said almost as a warning. But she’s not angry.]

[otomechapilot]

[oh no.]

I - I promise you don't have to worry about that.

[canbebrave]

I know I don’t.