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[umbredna]

Who, Eizen?

[She's joking, and she even laughs a little over the connection]

[zephlyrt]

[Zaveid's happy enough that it's coming through, but he's as conflicted as he is happy, so only a tiny bit of that happiness leaks through.]

Yeah, Eizen.

[umbredna]

...if you were anyone else, I'd think you were lying, you know.

[There's happiness and surprise and pain and a little anger all rolled into this message now.]

He's here? Eizen's really here?

[zephlyrt]

[There's a serious tone to the response.]

This isn't something I'd joke about, Edna.

[umbredna]

I know, why do you think I said "if you were anyone else"?

[Seriously]

He's here? Really?

[She can't believe it. She just can't]

What does he remember?

[zephlyrt]

He remembers being on the Van Eltia some time after taking care of the whole Innominat problem and splitting off from the others. Before he did any traveling with me.

[He concentrates very hard on not letting any emotion through with that one.]

[umbredna]

[He doesn't need to let any emotion come through]

...I'm sorry. Knowing Eizen, though, it won't be long before you two are as close as you were.

[zephlyrt]

That's a lot of ground to cover. Centuries worth.

[umbredna]

It's Eizen. He changes slower than I do.

[zephlyrt]

[She makes a good point. The same barriers they had last time aren't there now either.]

I hope you're right.

[umbredna]

If that's the last thing he remembers, then it's going to work out.

[Who is she talking to, though? Zaveid or herself?]

Whatever you did the first time you can do it again.

[zephlyrt]

We'll talk later.

[And he cuts off the connection.]