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I've been very busy with work... and some other things. I don't want anything for my birthday or Christmas. I really don't. ...I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up with many of you.

((If anyone on board the Ptolemaios wants an rl, go for it!))

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Everything. It caught a few of our... communications. [Well, it was true.] Looking back... maybe it was for the better. The Doctor figured it out first and organized a large rescue operation. The Meisters were scattered to different worlds to recover. The Gundams were hidden with them, except Allelujah's. Kyrios was sent to a different world where there was space to hide it. Dynames was still with Sumeragi and Lasse before I went off with the Doctor... and Donna and Haruhi. Lockon... took a long time to recover, but he traveled with us too, once he was well again.

[She fixes her gaze away from Lyle, staring straight out the window at nothing. Something internal telling her not to cry in front of him. Despite him joining her "family", it would probably be a while before she reached the level of comfort with those she had known longer. But the way she rattled off her story... her tone is almost stony. Not because she doesn't care, quite the opposite, actually. It's that rock-solid tone people take on when they're being too stubborn-- too afraid-- to show any emotion, for fear of allowing every last drop of emotion spilling out all at once. Too many lives had been lost. Too many had been hurt. Too many gone for weeks, months, or even years. It had taken so long to fit all the pieces together again....]

[ his expression is concerned, even serious as he listens attentively to her story, in a way that most people would probably call uncharacteristic for him. but the thing is, Lyle knows loss. they all do. he supposes that in a way, it's why they've all somehow wound up here. but because of that, he'd be the last person to accuse Feldt of not caring.

maybe it'd be better not to, but despite the careless, even occasionally abrasive front that he puts on to keep most people at a safe distance, Lyle's always been a tactile comforter when it comes to people he actually gives half a damn about. so he reaches out to lay a gentle hand on her shoulder. ]

Yeah, Neil filled me in a little about that part. Not much, but I gathered there was a lot of running and aliens involved.

[The hand on her shoulder surprises her, but in a way, it made her feel better. Thinking back to her time on the TARDIS helps bring a flicker of a smile back to her face. It fades off just as fast. Memories of lost friends. Another friend as close as family far off in another world traveling the stars as he used to.]

That's basically what it amounted to. Every day we'd be somewhere, somewhen, else new. Different cultures. Different species. Some friendly, some... not so friendly. But always a whole lot of running to do. Even if I was only there for seven months, I'd never trade the adventures I had with everyone there for anything in the world.

It sounds amazing.

It was. [pauses a few seconds] I miss it so much. But my place is here with my comrades. With my family.

[ "family", huh? so she really feels that close to all of them? ]

Which is why you came back in the end, huh.

[ beat. ] Hey, who knows. Maybe one day soon, things'll finally quiet down here and stop being so urgent, and you'll have time to take a short holiday. I'm sure that Doctor'd be glad to have you back for a while, right?

Mmhm.

[She considers what he says. If she could leave on a short holiday to visit him, it would be fantastic. But on the other hand, she was pretty sure his world-hopping ship was only built for one. It had been a while since she saw it, so maybe if she saw him again-- or even his ship-- she would ask about it.]

It would be nice, except he doesn't have the TARDIS anymore. Just a smaller worldhopping ship that he built while he was here. But maybe... maybe someday I can meet up with him somewhere in his universe again. I'd feel better about it if I didn't go until we finish taking care of A-LAWS first, though.

[Mission priority one: fix the part of the world that they broke. Until then, leaving-- even for a short while-- wouldn't feel right. After all her time with Celestial Being, she knows how quickly things can go to hell when things seem calm.]

Oh yeah... actually, now you mention it, I think I remember seeing that thing. [ or glimpses of it, at any rate. Lyle had popped his head in a couple of times, but mostly figured it was best to leave the man to it.

in any case... ] I think I get how you feel about the A-LAWS, though. Someone's gotta stop them in their tracks. I don't think any of us wanna have a world-wide dictatorship on our hands.

Not someone. [Her tone takes a hard turn into a place of sharp seriousness.] It has to be us. We changed the world, but in doing so, A-LAWS was created. Now we have to set things right. We have to change the world again, and we have to make it better. [Remember that broadcast by Aeolia Schenberg from five years ago, Lyle? Guess who was raised all around those ideals. Three guesses, and the first two don't count.] No one should have to live with them in control of the world.

... heh, right. You have to clear up your own messes, huh?

Exactly. [Especially since most of the general public is kept in the dark about exactly what is going on. B(]

We'll do it, for sure.

[ confidence: the first step to victory! 8D ]

You're right.

[Not only confidence. You see that fire in her eyes, Lyle? That's the determination of "we're doing this an seeing it through to the end or we're going to die trying".]

...Thank you.

[ he looks a little surprised, but it soon melts away into a smile. ]

Anytime. We've gotta look out for each other, right?

Right. [And there's that little smile on her face again. Congrats Lyle, you have now earned one (1) bridge bunny as a friend. When you level up, you will reach family status.]

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