[She repeats the word, a little numbly. It was something she hadn't wanted to believe; she had refused to let her thoughts get that far, but now, here it was, plainly.
Their home already had precedent for it. Pascal being gone before their arrival and her strange and subsequent return, and of course, dear Miss Roll...
But the others... it seemed almost unimaginable for Zero to be missing, when he was why they were all there. And Axl was so lively. So -- noisy, even though she had... no recollection of him at all. What sort of time was he returning to? And Zero ... it felt ... as though some sort of opportunity had been robbed. To learn more about him from his time, if there was anything she could give back to him in the future. Presuming that there was anything to remember ...
This world was so illogical, and yet it felt even more illogical to be in a world without Zero. Even though... she hadn't even seen him again for herself in her time. A year. And how long had it been here? Still... now wasn't the time to dwell on this sort of thing. Not when X...]
... you wouldn't... say that if you weren't certain...
[She feels at a loss. The hope that had shone in her words fades, replaced with... an indescribable sensation. She hadn't been prepared for this possibility, and she should have been.]
... I'm sorry, X ... [Putting the Cyber-elf's feelings in front of her own, of course. It seemed only the right thing to do.]
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Date: 2017-03-24 11:08 pm (UTC)From:[She repeats the word, a little numbly. It was something she hadn't wanted to believe; she had refused to let her thoughts get that far, but now, here it was, plainly.
Their home already had precedent for it. Pascal being gone before their arrival and her strange and subsequent return, and of course, dear Miss Roll...
But the others... it seemed almost unimaginable for Zero to be missing, when he was why they were all there. And Axl was so lively. So -- noisy, even though she had... no recollection of him at all. What sort of time was he returning to? And Zero ... it felt ... as though some sort of opportunity had been robbed. To learn more about him from his time, if there was anything she could give back to him in the future. Presuming that there was anything to remember ...
This world was so illogical, and yet it felt even more illogical to be in a world without Zero. Even though... she hadn't even seen him again for herself in her time. A year. And how long had it been here? Still... now wasn't the time to dwell on this sort of thing. Not when X...]
... you wouldn't... say that if you weren't certain...
[She feels at a loss. The hope that had shone in her words fades, replaced with... an indescribable sensation. She hadn't been prepared for this possibility, and she should have been.]
... I'm sorry, X ... [Putting the Cyber-elf's feelings in front of her own, of course. It seemed only the right thing to do.]