We tread paths marked by ash and cinder.

it [does] leave a little longer...

"But... once Cara's better, we don't have to stay there, either. Maybe the other me'd be open to something temporary, helping you out. Everyone gets what they need."

...not meaning any offense to her, but I'd worry about a solution Bright suggests. That showgirl she left behind doesn't seem like she came out on top with all this. I wouldn't want to leave anyone like that, either."

Which didn't feel like it left all that many answers. She thinks over the pieces

"Miss Bright - Amaryllis, I mean. We talked a little after that time at the..." Now it's her turn to be forgetful. Where the hell [had] they been when the three of them had talked it over? "Y'know, [over there.] But it made about as much sense to me as it did the first time.

And...

Personally a fan of 'run into the wood and find some sort of near-death experience.' People tell you to lay down a lot afterwards.

Seconding the motion.

what's that thing you mentioned? a... """break?"""

But in the long term, it might be worth the trouble..."

Not that she sounds happy about it.

"You're absolutely right, but where do I even start with something like that? I can't go there and ask to talk. We could send you to talk to her on your own, but that... feels like we're back where we started, with us separated.

and lightness in the way that mouth forms words that she couldn't quite pull from the muscle memory there.

But in response to his concern, she shrugs - not dismissively, but helplessly. Every time it's been brought up, she's started looking like a radstag on a deathclaw's dinner plate.

"I do my best not to kill if I can help it. And it's easier back there than it's ever been here in the wastes. Folks were more reasonable, even with all their problems sounding insane."

Strange hearing herself after being the... other for so long. The register's the same, but there's a lilt

||shhdjd I don't know about sunder but rat hasn't seen any. Sunder talked about wanting to watch it at some point, I think.

||I have the last two eps of s2 to watch, the others haven't seen it.

You free tomorrow?

What, I can't admire my hu...

fiancé?

You will regret your inactions the most.

[Dreamy sigh]

[Not a clue what that meant]

Wouldn't hurt to try.

Body hurts. Head's pounding.

We don't hate you, we tell you you're wrong when you start sayin' crazy shit again.

No.

"What're they gonna do, call the magic cops on us?"

Yeah? Didn't think anyone had much problem with Percy.

Not a lot these days, from what the grapevine says.

To be fair, Oliver probably skewed the survey pretty badly.

have you ever seen a man

(S)pain

I really don't know much about her yet. I hadn't really braved a trip back to her - my? cabin?

Maybe she woke up in her own head again, the way I woke in hers? [Her brow furrows, remembering just where she was.]

...Might be a problem.

"Which is just about an act of the gods, frankly. Nicer one than usual.

Think we could... yknow, give the yield a little boost, from that other place?"