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[esoteric_rose]

*there's a tiny inkblot before writing appears*

...I've been asleep for four days. How...is that possible?

Was all of that a dream? Some huge, insanely complex lucid dream? But then why were they there?

Miss Inara, Sailormoon, I deeply apologize for missing work. I'll be in tomorrow.

*pentaps* Fred, are you around?

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[burnt_orangesky]

[Her mouth twists a little, in sympathy, but she says nothing.]

[She listens quietly as Juliet speaks, nodding from time to time.]

Midgard, yes... so you truly are... who you said you are?

[She'll be happy to tell her side of the experience in just a moment, but she wants this confirmed, first.]

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

Yes. If you would like, ask Handmaiden. She also saw it...

[He remembers the agony it caused him to know that, the way it broke his mind enough that he had to be persuaded into psychiatric help. Juliet relied on that time to explain why he could now face tragedy of moderate scale without breaking completely. Things like the fire were different.]

[burnt_orangesky]

[A nod] You said Rabbit had as well, and. Erm. Well.

[She should probably just drop it, now. Or change the subject...]

Did you meet anyone you recognized? I did.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

Handmaiden is the only eyewitness. The others were told.

[He folds his hands]

Someone who had been in the sphere, yes. King. And I could have sworn I saw Dani.

[burnt_orangesky]

Ah, I see.

[Fred shuts her journal, which has been open in her hands this whole time, and sets it down on the bed.]

I never met Dani, I don't think, so I couldn't say one way or the other. However, someone who looked exactly like Lea was one of my roommates, though he said his name was Axel... and.

[She fiddles with the hem of her shirt a little, smoothing a crease.]

I don't suppose you remember Storm? He disappeared back in October, during... that. [Softly] He was there.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

What extraordinary luck! I remember him! It's simply amazing you got to see him again.

[Smiles-he truly is happy for her and her fortune. He's a touch envious, that she'd meet former friends and gain her name, but only natural.]

[burnt_orangesky]

Yes... he looked so different. I barely recognized him. And he seemed rather upset that I could not remember much of anything about my past...

[Fred smiles back, though she has to force it a little. She realises she's probably being selfish about this, and feels a little guilty about that.]

I'm sorry, Juliet.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

Then you know he cares for you. If he's upset on your behalf, it speaks volumes.

[He pauses]

For what, Fred? I admit I'm a little envious, but really, meeting anyone...could have triggered another panic attack. I think.

[burnt_orangesky]

Yes...

[She looks away a little, unable to look him quite in the eye.]

I wanted... if I had been given the choice to stay there... [she sighs a little] I'm being selfish, and unfair to my friends here, I think.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

...It's not. Perhaps there is physically harsher, but emotionally easier. There you don't have to worry about waking up in the morning. You have someone who knows you who could give you back all your memories.

[You know you have someone to go back to outside of the Sphere was what he kept inside. What did he have? A cell, Black hating him, blood on his hands, and someone whose face he didn't know.]

[burnt_orangesky]

[She nods, reluctantly, but isn't willing to accept what he says so easily. Certainly, the Doctor could have told her so much about her past... and, well, he was a Gallifreyan, like she was. That definitely put points in his favour. But her friends here...

She was being selfish, about losing the Doctor and in the way she was complaining to Juliet like this.

She smiles a little.]

...you're right, Juliet. Thank you, and thank you for listening.