Nexus. In the park, by the duckpond. Quiet time.

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((continued from here))

Aidla watches the little creature with absent curiosity, still lost in the wonder of willow whips and feeling protective of her friend's sadness.

-Hmmm. I got a new family. I can't remember if you saw some of them the last time you saw me or not.-

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[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"Um." Ed thinks for a moment. "I think I met one of them between then and now. He looked like you except larger and blue. Can't remember his name though. If he's said, I've forgotten."

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She tilts her head, tail switching slightly. -Varek or Elfangor?-

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"First one, I think. I sort of remember him mentioning the other name in reference to someone else."

((And of course, the mun couldn't find the sprocking thread when looking for it recently to look something up which is contributing to Ed's memory issues. I think I might've forgotten to save it in memories. Or just hid it really well. ._.))

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She gives a soft mental chuckle. -Yeah, Elfangor is our War Prince. An old guy. Varek makes things.-

((*would go buggy without my thread lists*))

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

Ed looks vaguely amused. "I'm not sure he'd appreciate being called an old guy. I know Colonel Mustang didn't appreciate me calling him one."

((::has thread lists, just doesn't always save threads to the best spot:: Or at all, if they're short enough and with a character I'm not really expecting Ed to talk to again. Although there's a Lupin I was hoping he'd get a change to talk to again, but the journal's been deleted.))

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-He is.- She shrugs her upper shoulders. -He used to have a kid the same age as me and Varek.-

((*hates it when journals vanish* Messes up my storyline))

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"... Used to?" Ed blinks.

((At least Ed only met him the once in the Nexus.))

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-Yeah.- She intently weaves four willow whips into an intricate design. -Our reality ended. Now it's just us.-


((yes. Not too bad, then.))

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Ed winces. "I'm sorry?"

((Yeah. Basically get to just assume he got cut off from the Nexus or simply hasn't run into him on subsequent trips or something. Yay.))

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She shrugs again. -I like it better here, anyway.-


((yes))

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

Ed couldn't help but feel just a tad unsettled. He knew that he'd be flipping out if his home reality had been somehow wiped out.

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-And every time Varek gets upset about it Elfangor feels bad,- she continues in her meandering way, still intent on the willow whips. -He thinks it's his fault that it happened.-

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"Why does Elfangor think it's his fault? And yeah, I would think most people would get upset about people they know suddenly ceasing to exist. I know I would." He's watching her with the willow whips.

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-I didn't really know them.- Her reply is nearly too soft to hear, and her eyes don't leave her work.

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"Your parents?" Ed guesses.

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She nods, the human gesture of 'yes' no longer awkward.

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"My father is--I don't know where the hell he is, actually. He left when I was a little kid so I don't remember much of him. But my mother's dead. She got sick with something and by the time anyone knew about it, it was too late," Ed offers.

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-I left as soon as I could feed myself and knew what I was.- She looks at him. -But they were nice. It doesn't seem right that they just disappeared.-

She's still not responding in the normal way, but with the way she grew up just the fact that she's feeling any sadness about it, and empathy for Ed's sadness, is something.

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

Ed nods. "You said that before although with slightly less detail."

It's a little weird for Ed, but then he's fixated on family since both parents sort of disappeared on him in different ways, leaving himself and his brother alone.

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-I don't remember.- She starts threading another whip through the ones she's woven. -And... I don't know why he thinks it is. If he told me I got distracted while he was saying it.-

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

Ed mulls that one over. "Maybe it involved someone or something that was stronger than he knew?"

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Another shrug. -I don't know. Varek says that Elfangor used to be dead.-

Then she remembers why they're here and looks at him quickly with both stalk eyes to see if what she just said was bad.

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"I used to be dead too. And I've met or heard about alts of people who are dead back home."

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Okay. It didn't make him think of his friend and be sad. She returns her attention to her weaving.

-I think Charlie brought Elfangor back. But that's all I can remember.-

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"I've heard about Charlie, but I haven't actually met him or anything," Ed muses. "I know that he's sent someone to meet me before, because that same someone told me. Although he could have picked a better way to tell me that."

He smiles wryly.

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Aidla gives him a curious look, wondering what he means.

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"Saying something like 'I've been sent to find you' is not the best thing to say to someone who's hiding from people he doesn't want to be found by. Particularly out in the middle of nowhere where there's no one else," Ed clarifies.

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-Ohhhh. No, it would make me run.- She stamps a forehoof as though feeling the urge anyway.

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"I just sort of froze. My body couldn't seem to decide between the fight and flight thing. It didn't take him long to figure out his screw-up though."

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-Dumb guy.- She stamps her hoof again.

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"Heh. More like 'not thinking about how he sounded'. I think he was too busy doing the whole 'guy with a job to do' thing to remember that there's better ways to express things."

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-If you're going to do a job, you should do it right.- She steps back and regards the living wreath hanging from the willow tree.

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"I'll be sure to tell him that next time I see him, which'll probably be soon. Provided someone else isn't sent this time, anyway," Ed says, amused.

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-He comes alot?- She moves to look at the wreath from the other side, then looks at him and points to it. -That's for your friends.-

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

"Not really. Just every few months. It's getting to be around time for a reappearance on his end, that's all."

He looks at the wreath and touches it. "I see. Shall it stay here so it can continue growing on it's own?"

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She looks up at him, then points to a second wreath a little distance away among the whips. -That one's for Elfangor's son and younger brother.-

Her small hooves pick a careful way over the roots as she pulls another from the trailing greenery. -This is for my parents and for Varek's.-

[haganenomore.livejournal.com]

Ed picks up on the significance of the wreathes and he blinks back tears.

"Thank you," he says quietly.

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She's confused by the thanks, but she knows how to respond now. -You're welcome.-