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[princessia]

Who: Elize Lutus and... YOU, maybe?!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Huntress
When: 7/19

[ When Elize awakens from cryosleep is when the network decides to record her panic as she sits up with a jolt, like she'd just woke up from a nightmare. It felt like a dream, but she's certain it wasn't. Before she even acknowledges the fact that she's back on the fleet, away from Rieze Maxia, she's searching around her bed frantically, patting at the sheets for something that should be there. ]

Teepo... Teepo?

[ She clasps her hands near her chest where she would normally hold her doll. It's the almost exact behavior during her first days on the fleet. Although she knows the full truth about the toy now, old habits die hard.

As she sits in her bed, she looks around at the metal walls of her room on the Huntress, taking deep breaths to calm down. She reaches up, gently running her finger around the augment behind her ear and confirming where she is. The memories are beginning to sink back in. ]

It's this place again.

[ A pause. ]

...Cullen?

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[wolfuncaged]

[Ah, good. He lets out a sigh ot relief, even offering her something of a smile.]

Elize. It is good to see you're awake again.

[That sure was a lot of panic though.]

...Are you alright?

[princessia]

Fenris... hello again.

[ Her reddish eyelids are evidence she cried earlier, but she's calm now. Somewhat. She just looks tired and sullen. Despite being so far from Rieze Maxia now, she can't stop thinking about recent events.

A small shrug in response. ]

I don't know. I keep thinking about my world.

[wolfuncaged]

Ah. I see.

[Clearly not happy thoughts, there.]

Is that what happened? Did you return home for a short while?

[princessia]

Yes.

[ It didn't feel so short for her though. She might've been back on her world for a little more than two weeks. ]

It feels like I just woke up from a bad dream. But I know it was all real...

[wolfuncaged]

I have never experienced such a thing myself, but I imagine it is very disorientating.

[Given what's going to happen in Thedas, he doesn't want it to happen to him. ]

[princessia]

Maybe it would be better that you never do. It was... scary and sad.

[wolfuncaged]

Then I am sorry for your unofrtunate experience. Is Cullen with you?

[He can't see the man going far.]

[princessia]

[ Unfortunate, but she found some answers she was searching for. She just didn't expect the truth to be painful. ]

He just left to get something for me to eat.

[wolfuncaged]

Hm, he has been most worried about you.

[Because Cullen has an amazing capacity of CARING and ALTRUISM for a Thedosian, to be honest. ]

[princessia]

[ She tilts her head slightly. ]

How long has he been waiting by my bedside?

[wolfuncaged]

However long it has been since you feel asleep. Some of us managed to get him to sleep a little and stay in his stead, but he was never gone long.

[princessia]

[ ...Suddenly, an annoyed look crosses the girl's face. It's kind of amusing. ]

Did he remember to eat?

[wolfuncaged]

I believe Jove was rather adamant that he did, yes.

[They kept him from being dead, see. ]

[princessia]

Good.

[ They saved Cullen from being scolded by a little girl. ]

He really is like a worried father.

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris has no real experience to fall back on with this. No point of reference. He doesn't remember his own father, so if he worried or not is something of a moot point and he doesn't really know any parents in his own social circle. ]

He does care about you a great deal.

[princessia]

I'm glad I have someone like him. I've never met my parents and I... never will.

[ Neither does Elize have any real experience. Maybe her only experience regarding families came from watching other people. Regardless, she views Cullen as an ideal father. ]

[wolfuncaged]

[She never will, that...doesn't bode well. ]

Sometimes, the family we find and found for ourselves are much closer, much more cherished than that of our own blood. If we are fortunate enough to find them.

[princessia]

...yes.

[ Hearing those words, the small smile face makes it obvious about what she's thinking. It's Cullen that she found. ]

Do you have anyone like that?

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris gives a small nod. ]

I have, I am fortunate to have met people who are a family to me. I am grateful to have them in my life.

[princessia]

Were you also all alone before, Fenris? I didn't have anyone for a long time...

[wolfuncaged]

[Wow, what a question to ask. Fenris hesitates. ]

Sometimes, the company you have is not the sort that is safe for you.

[princessia]

...I see. I think I understand. [ She says with a nod, recalling her stay with the villagers of Hamil. She doesn't ask any further questions. ]

I'm glad you have people that you can call family.

[wolfuncaged]

Thank you. I consider myself most fortunate to have them.

And you too, I am glad for you. Cullen is a good man.