[ Honestly, Percy's surprised to hear from Claire. He isn't even sure why, it's not like they really know each other; they've never even ... met. They may as well be total strangers.
But when her message appears, it hits him like a hollow ache in his chest, full of nostalgia for a set of false memories and... something else too. Something that feels a whole lot like what he feels for his real mom back home.
Is it weird to miss someone you don't even know? Probably. ]
Hey Claire,
You don't owe me anything, seriously. What happened to us ... it was weird.
But you're right, we might not know each other but I still feel like we do too. And I appreciate your offer more than you'll know, which is also kind of weird I guess. There's probably some reason the Singularity decided to connect us even if the memories weren't real, right?
Anyway, if you ever need to call on me I'll answer too — all the way from Thorne. I might not be as fast as I was, but you can count on me.
[ In the wake of this, Claire misses Bree so fiercely, feels the emptiness of her home without a lanky young person's belongings strewn about. There isn't much else to say, she knows, but it felt right to reach out. Smiling softly at his last sentence, she sends one more message.]
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seaweedbrain) wrote2024-04-05 11:53 am
after she's been back in solvunn a day or two
𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐼 𝑜𝑤𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 feel 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑑𝑜, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐼'𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑢𝑛𝑛, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢.
[ He may not accept that at all, and she's alright with that. ]
𝑁𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.
𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑟
yessssssss
But when her message appears, it hits him like a hollow ache in his chest, full of nostalgia for a set of false memories and... something else too. Something that feels a whole lot like what he feels for his real mom back home.
Is it weird to miss someone you don't even know? Probably. ]
Hey Claire,
You don't owe me anything, seriously. What happened to us ... it was weird.
But you're right, we might not know each other but I still feel like we do too. And I appreciate your offer more than you'll know, which is also kind of weird I guess. There's probably some reason the Singularity decided to connect us even if the memories weren't real, right?
Anyway, if you ever need to call on me I'll answer too — all the way from Thorne. I might not be as fast as I was, but you can count on me.
Thanks for being an awesome pretend-mom.
Percy
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𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑁𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠.
𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑛.