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It sounds like business as usual. For you, Janie.

Yes. You are right. If I’m not doing it, something must be wrong.

Is it a glitch or something? I can't help imagining you appearing at some historical battle, or at the dinner table of a queen.

[He knows little about Terran history, but is fairly confident they had wars and queens.]

If I show up at a battle I usually hide, and pretending to be a lost servant usually helps if I end up at a fancy meal. Or knocking something over and spilling it.

[That makes Lex laugh.]

Spilling things. Something I seem rather good at, during official functions.

Me too! Invited or not. Sometimes it’s a bit funny

It's even funnier when it's deliberate. If some ambassador paws you. [He pulls the cowl from his face, leaving the hood up. Lex feels exposed here on Terra. The hood and cowl help him to feel part of the shadows.]

How have you been?

I haven’t done that yet. I... might. That’s an idea.

Do I answer honestly or otherwise.

Honestly. Drop hot soup in their lap. It brings even the most ardent letcher to a grinding and painful halt.

That sounds .. less than ideal.

I can’t find my family. But... you’re here, and I think I might just need to look more

You mean Lynn and Sara? Or are there more now?

I can't seem to find some of mine either.

I saw Lynn, but she’s gone. I can’t find Sara or Rich or Anna... or anyone. Mia, I found her.

I met a girl who knows Mia. I've yet to see Mia herself.

But this girl, Cassie, she says her loved ones have disappeared too.

Do you think something has happened? I... perhaps I should look into it

I don't know, I've only recently arrived. But it does seem odd, and worrying. I'd go out of my mind if I lost one of my pack.

I was gone for a few years, and I’ve got some memories of being rude- but. I’m not sure, Lex. Something is wrong somewhere.

Is it a time thing?

[Lex is in no way sensitive to time shifting or altering.]

I don’t know. I can’t tell, whenever I think about it I want to change the subject.

And Lynn is telling everyone she is an orphan.

That sounds like some kind of psychic perception filter. [Can she tell he spends a lot of time With Vahl?]

If you don't want to think about it, then you probably should. [Yes. Lots and lots of therapy.]

It... does [She seems resigned] I should seek out that other woman, and- I’ll let Mía know I’ve seen you.

If you could.

Actually, Janie, I'm missing someone dear myself. Kesh and the other anori. They took a portal glove and went missing. We managed to track the tech back to this time, but something's stopping our scanners from picking up ..well, anything. Even Terra's resident Keldrans are tracker-blind.

But there’s a green door. Mae’s.

I bought a tree, even though I’m not celebrating much. [Did she just change the subject?]

Mae's? One of her houses?

[Yes, she did, and this is Lex; Who is not afraid to badger even the gods, until he gets a straight answer.] Janie... I think you're losing focus.

Yes!

It’s a small tree. No gifts yet, and I’ve got a string of- I’m not, I just... there’s a tree. It’s hard to think straight.

That's good. Now what about the house?

I'm sure it's a lovely tr... [Suddenly Lex has an idea. It's something Vahl does in their healing sessions. If Lex can't take his focus off something, Vahl guides him to follow it, and focus on it to the end.] Janie.. what's under the tree?

Edited 2020-12-08 15:55 (UTC)