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[waitedinwinhill.livejournal.com]

[Raine quietly looks into the screen, with an expression that Ellone will recognize from her childhood. No signs of tears, just quiet resignation.]


Laguna vanished this morning.


[For a moment, she's poised to add to that. After a thoughtful pause, she reconsiders, looks away and turns off the phone.]

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[waitedinwinhill.livejournal.com]

He'll come back.

[Which she'll repeat to herself over and over until she believes it again.]

[knighted-lion.livejournal.com]

He might not remember anything if he does.

[waitedinwinhill.livejournal.com]

I know.

[She looks down and balls her hands into fists. She's faced that enough in her last eight months here.]

If you're not busy, could you check on Ellone? I know she'll take this hard.

[knighted-lion.livejournal.com]

I have somewhere to be right now, but I can check after that?

[waitedinwinhill.livejournal.com]

That'll be fine. Thank you.

... where are you going? Am I holding you?

[knighted-lion.livejournal.com]

I've got a bit of time.

[waitedinwinhill.livejournal.com]

Good. I wouldn't want to keep you from something important.

[Small talk seems like a good idea. Not that Raine will admit it, but she's painfully worried the rest of the family will go missing too.]

Did they ever get around to mopping your office?

[knighted-lion.livejournal.com]

[He blinks.]

Did it need it?

[waitedinwinhill.livejournal.com]

Of course it did. There was a smudge on the west end.

[These things, she notices.]

[knighted-lion.livejournal.com]

I'll have it looked into.