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[eternaliyah]

[Daniel looks tired, dirty, and a little haggard, but otherwise seems fine.]

Hey. Sorry I've been out of the loop for a bit, I was off in the woods.

[...technically true.]

Anyway, I'm around again, and I should be in the city for the a while. Let me know if you need anything.

[Private to Claire]

Hey, did you make it out alright?

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[eternaliyah]

Yeah, I was. Now I'm better.

[he raises an eyebrow]

Just takes me a little longer than you, I guess.

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[breakablegirl]

[...] No.

..A lot longer.

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[eternaliyah]

Okay.

[He's old, a week is a short time for him. But you're mad, so he won't be pedantic about it.]

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[breakablegirl]

[Mad is right Daniel. She thought you were dead and it was her fault and and and and

The mad is mostly because of how upset she was.]

Tell me how. [A pause as she tries being more polite.] Please.

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[eternaliyah]

[He sighs.]

I'm not. Strictly human, okay?

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[breakablegirl]

[Blink, blink.] Okay..

[She isn't sure she is either so no comment. :|]

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[eternaliyah]

[And he could leave it there, he supposes. But he likes Claire, and she deserves better from him.]

I don't just mean, oh, I can't die.

I'm - I don't have a mother. I wasn't born. My kind, we just. Come into being.

I'm more like the spirit of a place, and my people. I only have human flesh to reflect theirs.

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[breakablegirl]

[Okay, so, it's obvious that she's highly, highly confused.]

You- What?

[Her confusion isn't coming from a place of being weirded out so much, but moreso.. Interested, intrigued. She wants to understand.] Where are you? Talking about .. this.. over video screens doesn't..

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[eternaliyah]

[He smiles a little self-consciously]

Yeah, I know it's weird.

I'm crashing in a bombed out place, a few blocks from Nem's. [brief directions.]