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[hymnals]

Who: Adrasteius, yourself
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Bishop; wandering (teleporting around) the halls
When: now

[It's a comfort to know that his wife and children won't actually be missing him, that whenever he returns it'll be as though he never left at all--but only to a point. He still misses them, after all, and he feels their lack more acutely with each passing day.

His wife often left him for weeks at a time on military campaigns, but he's rarely been separated from his children for more than a few days. He'd already been apart from them for too long when he woke up here, due to the problems in Orgrimmar, but the full weight of their absence hadn't hit him until today. Something about the season, or the week, or perhaps it was nothing specific at all.

He sighs into the feed.]

So, anyone else got kids at home? I'm suddenly sick for mine.

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[dancingmd]

[Another parent feeling homesick? Of course Beverly's going to reach out, even if they haven't met before.]

Believe me, I know how you're feeling right now.

[She offers him a small smile.]

I'm Dr. Crusher. My son's at home as well.

[hymnals]

That right?

[He returns the expression warmly.]

Tell me about him, if you don't mind.

[dancingmd]

[Her face really lights up then, her smile becoming wider. She never minds talking about him.]

Of course! He's name is Wesley and he's twenty-two, brilliant - and I'm not just saying that because I'm his mother. He's doing things I would have never dreamed possible when I was his age.

[hymnals]

[The only thing Adra enjoys more than talking up his own kids is listening to other people talk up their own. He smiles at her obvious warmth, her pride.]

Yeah? I'd love to hear about it.

[dancingmd]

Well, to put it simply - as if such a thing could be simple - he's somehow developed the ability to move transdimensionally through time and space.

[See? She wasn't kidding: this is impressive whether or not you're his mother.]

[hymnals]

[It's not a foreign concept to Adra, despite his appearance; in fact, time and space are a mage's wheelhouse. But to do so personally is something interesting. Adra raises a long eyebrow.]

Through a spell, or a machine? Both?

[dancingmd]

Neither. It's almost like it's another sense for him, or maybe, a different level of existence would be a better explanation. To be honest, even though he's described the experience to me before, I don't totally understand it myself. I've been in other dimensions and times, but that was always with outside assistance - a machine, or a natural phenomenon - not something I could control just with my mind.

[hymnals]

[Damn.]

That is something. How old is your boy? Twenty-two? Barely born!

[dancingmd]

[She laughs.] I doubt he would agree with that but... it is a strange thing. Feels like yesterday he was learning to walk.