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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?

Comments

[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.