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Who: Pidge and YOU and YOU and YOOOOUUU
Broadcast: Yes
Action: SS Bishop
When: any time between 5/12 and NOW

[The video feed comes to life and a perhaps familiar face appears within. With a clearly practised hand, the device has been set up to give anyone watching a clear shot of Pidge's face, perfectly perched on the table and completely steady as a result. Pidge is the opposite of still or steady, though; there's constant movement, fidgeting, hands wringing together in anxiety, eyes darting every which way before finally settling on the camera.]

Okay, so-- I'm back here, I guess. In the Fleet. I don't know if the rest of my team is still here, but-- You guys know who you are, so if you're still here, just let me know. [There's a slight, thoughtful frown, and then a hand reaches up to quickly adjust Pidge's glasses before starting to make vague gestures.] I'm on the Bishop again, same room and everything. That should make finding me easier.

And to, well, everybody else- [Here Pidge straightens ever so slightly, and even offers a small, awkward smile.] Uh- Hi. I'm Pidge. What'd I miss?

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Oh hey, welcome back. Pretty sure your whole team is accounted for. You weren't gone for long.

Yeah, I- I kind of heard. [There's a weird mix of both relief and disappointment in her tone, even as she nods to herself.]

It was a while for me, though.

Uh oh. How long is a while? Are we talking months or...years?

Ohmygosh-- Months. Definitely months and not years.

[She probably answers that a little too quickly. She can't even imagine what she would do if multiple years had passed.]

That's good. I did the years thing once, it was really not fun. At least a few months means you've only got a little disorientation to deal with.

Everything good back home? Or...uh, as good as they can be. Space war and everything.

[She smiles a bit and shrugs in response to that.] A lot can happen in a few months, though.

Things are okay right now. A lot's changed.

Boy can it, especially in a situation like yours.

[Space war. ]

Yeah? For the better for the most part, I hope?

[He knows it probably isn't, it sure wasn't for him. You've got to take the good and bad together, usually. ]

Yeah. [War sucks.]

It's... kind of hard to say for sure right now. [She still doesn't fully trust Lotor, after all, but so far things seemed to be moving in a more positive direction.]

[Sokka's smile sobers, he nods. ]

I can understand that. Sometimes...well, stuff takes time to work out. It can all be up in the air for a while.

Yeah. [Pidge's head tilts slightly, curiously.] Kind of sounds like you're familiar with situations like that.

Oh yeah. I grew up in a world at war. I was part of the effort to bring peace, it's here now, but things are still...settling back into place. Everyone's known only war for a hundred years. It's taking a lot of adjustment.

[She nods again.] Yeah. The Princess is doing a great job, but there's still a lot left to do back home. It'll be a long while before we see any real changes.

But at least there's light at the end of the tunnel, and that's what matters. You can step forward.

Hopefully. And if this thing they're trying works out, then... Yeah.

Ooooh, can you tell me what kind of thing it is, or is it top secret?

Actually... [And here she pauses to ruffle her hair a bit, a thoughtful, almost confused look on her face.] Even I don't really understand it. Allura's kind of chasing after a legend to see if it'll help create a lasting peace.

[There's a considerable pause. ]

....Yeah you know, sometimes I genuinely think our worlds are legit parallels of one another, 'cause Aang pretty much did that.

[Pidge smirks slightly, playfully rolling her eyes.]

Except your world has that whole... magical control of the elements thing going, right? We definitely don't have that.

[He chuckles, nodding.]

We do have that. But we don't have space lions so I guess that makes us even.

That's just tech. You might still develop that in your future.

True, I'm pretty sure Korra had more tech in her time- I mean, no space lions or anything, but more than what I have in my lifetime.

Wait- Who's Korra?

Oh, that's right, you hadn't arrived while she was here. She is...uh will be from my future. Like, we're all really old in her time. Super old.

[He has a bad feeling that he's also super dead, but Korra never talked about it and he didn't dare push the subject. You can't unlearn what you've learned. ]

[Pidge blinks. Her eyes seem to go just a little bit wider.]

Was that not dangerous? Sharing information from the future with people from the past?

That's what I was worried about- which is why I never asked her to go into too much personal detail. Just in case it...messed something up.

[He shrugs. ]

I mean, we don't remember this place, but best not take chances, right?

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