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Who: Octavia Blake
Broadcast: Everyone
Action: Wonderduck
When: Afternoon of the 21st

[It's been a few days since she went unconscious for no good reason, but when she wakes up, Octavia has no real grasp on the concept of time thanks to a three month trip back home. Somehow.

The process goes from slow to alarmingly fast quicker than she could draw her sword. She shoots up in bed, not realizing she's in the med bay on her ship, eyes darting around like a cornered animal.]

Lincoln?! [Of course her comm is on the table beside the bed recording every moment.

Octavia all but leaps off the cot, blanket falling away to reveal a new tattoo on her arm going part way up her neck. It only takes a moment for the blood to rush to her head, forcing her to sit back down with more force than she cares for. She places a hand to her head as all of it-- the fleet and home-- come rushing back.]

Dammit! [She lashes out, she needs to, kicking at the table beside her, giving the broadcast a shaky view before it settles to show her sitting on the bed with her head in her hands. Now she knows it's on.]

Dammit. How long was I out?

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Octavia. [ a restrained sort of concern. sansa bites down on her bottom lip. ] What's the matter?

[Oh fuck. Octavia exhales slowly, trying to calm down. It's only when she feel in control that she picks up the comm to address Sansa.]

I went home I think. A lot happened.

[ breathless -- worried, for herself if not for octavia. ] You left?

[Her mouth twists into a sort of grimace, trying to work out how to phrase it.]

Yeah, technically. My body was still here, but I was unconscious for a few days, and I have more memories from home-- three months. And there's physical changes, too. It's weird, I don't really get it.

[She swipes a hand across her forehead, moving some hair out of her eyes.] Sorry if I missed anything.

I -- [ her mouth closes. how can she adequately explain to octavia that something has happened? and mayhaps she won't even care that sara's arrived, because mayhaps nyssa never mentioned sara to her student.

trying again: ] I'm sorry. It must be painful to come so close to your home, only to be here again.

[ sansa prefers the fleet over westeros, but she understands that others might not feel the same way. ]

[Octavia opens her mouth, but stops, not sure what to say. Can she really tell Sansa that while it's her home by technicality, it hardly feels that way otherwise? For now, she figures it's better to not approach that subject. Instead, she shakes her head.]

It's the people I miss-- not really the place. [So to speak.] My brother, boyfriend, friends... Those sort of people.

[It's only a quick pause before she changes the subject, realizing she'll only depress the other girl.]

Have you been okay?

As well as can be expected. Nothing awful has happened -- [ and nothing of great note, besides sara. ]

You have a boyfriend?

[ she learned this word recently. or rather, she learned 'girlfriend'. and she can infer its opposite. ]

[She can't help the small smile that makes its way forward as she nods.]

Yeah, I do. His name's Lincoln, and I really miss him.

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