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Who: Maggie and YOU
Broadcast: yes
Action: aboard the Goldstone
When: now?

[Maggie had only been absent for what was a couple days, upon looking through prope channels to access such a thing. All the same she knows that physically she is both the same as when she left the fleet and different from when she was last home. When she addresses the network, she has one hand over her stomach, still feeling lost in the absence of the child she and Glenn had wanted. Clearly that wasn't to be any more.

Clearing her throat, Maggie pushes her bangs out of her face before speaking. Her hair was long again and would need to be cut. Perhaps a project for Enid once again, or someone else. There were still so many thoughts in her head that hair was the last thing on her mind.]

I, uh, I got to experience that whole deep sleep thing I've heard about - where some people come back different than what they were or rememberin' things that they didn't know before. I just wanted to let folks know that I'm back - specifically my crew. I'll still answer questions but I think I'll just keep my Lab work to my room for now. I... I could use some time to process, I guess. Or wake up.

[Because she still feels as if she's woken up into a nightmare, but at least she's a bit more at peace than if things had just happened. She's had time to grieve and to think her next steps through.]

If anyone needs anything important, please let me know.

Private Message: Enid

Hey. I'm sorry about before. About not knowing you. I remember now. All of it, actually.

[She takes a breath, trying to calm the flow of thoughts still circling about.]

Could you cut my hair again? If that'd be alright by you.

Private Message: Daryl

Hey.

[She takes a less steady breath than when she'd messaged Enid, feeling her eyes burn somewhat.]

Daryl, can we please talk?

[She was hoping he'd let her talk to him, so that the two of them could sort things out together.]

Or maybe I could just come visit an' sit with you a while. I haven't been able to hear how you're settling in. Sorry, I- some things happened, thanks to the Atroma, but I'm alright.

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Maggie, what happened?

[ CUE THE WORRIED EXPRESSION. He's been anxious the entire time she's been asleep, left to wonder if she was going to wake up or turn. It seems illogical that anything like that would happen here if someone died, but the thought rests at the back of his head. ]

A lot, honestly. I'm glad you're still here.

[And with both eyes, even. She's glad for that too. The poor kid didn't need that on his plate along with everything else to come.]

Are you alright?

[As if he wouldn't be, but she still has to ask.]

[ He huffs. Of course she turns the concern away from her. ]

I'm fine. What about you?

[She wished she could explain it to him, and yet she doesn't want to dump all of it onto him, not when he could be happier not knowing.]

Well, I remember being home. I don't know how, just that I remember some things. It felt like I was there.

[Start small, work up to the truth.]

Of course waking up here makes me wonder if it was real. We found a place to settle again and everything, had started to settle in finally, too.

[And then everything slipped between their hands again.]

[ Carl is quiet as she talks, and he knows she's hiding something. Part of him wants to just tell her to stop bullshitting him, but Maggie's always told him the truth. Maybe this conversation is better in person. When he does speak, it's halted at first. ]

So that girl was telling the truth.

[ Honestly, it's not completely great news. ]

You met Enid?

[Good. She hadn't been alone worrying about her at least. And neither had Carl. It was good they were together and had one another in times like that.]

Is that her name? She didn't really say before she hung up.

Yeah. She saved my life. Or will.

[Sighing, she shakes her head. All of this was way too confusing.]

She's from Alexandria but she came there from outside, like us.

Guess that's why she was so upset that I didn't know her.

[ It's not that he didn't believe her after a while, because he's been recognized before. Not in the way she had, which had thrown him off. ]

Well, don't worry about it. I'm sure she understands a bit, now. Though me not remembering and then suddenly remembering her doesn't make it easier.

[It was something she still couldn't make sense of.]

The Atroma sure have a sense of humor.

No. Guess not. Not remembering people we're supposed to doesn't help, either..

[ He's quiet for a moment, looking at Maggie almost uncertainly. ]

Is this weird for you too, now? My extra eye.

Extra - she told you?

[Maggie shakes her head.]

No, it's not weird. You shouldn't have lost your eye in the first place. I'm just glad it wasn't worse.

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