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Right here.

[He says, from directly behind Sorey. Seraphs gonna seraph.]

...I hear you, but I still can't see you.

[ So he's really not hiding at all. That makes it a little creepy, now that she knows for sure she can't see him. She cants her head, frowning a bit. ]

That's normal, unfortunately. It's part of what I am. Does it make you uncomfortable?

[He won't apologize, not when he isn't at fault. But he's never been a fan of how all humans tend to react to an unusual presence. Even Sorey has his moments, and they grew up together.]

Mikl-! [Sorey spins around and reaches out to shove Mikleo's shoulder, partially in indignation but mostly in excitement. Sure, it's only been just over a day but- well he doesn't like being separated from his friends, okay? He's already missing Rose and his other seraphim. If he'd lost Mikleo too, he's not sure how he'd be doing.] Sneaking up on me. Are you doing that to your crewmates too?

No. [A little.] It's your own fault. I was waiting in the other room, but you ran out before I could say anything.

[He's glad Sorey's here, though. It's been... an interesting experience so far.]

I couldn't help it! I was really excited to see you. I feel like it's been forever, but maybe that's just because there's so much to learn about this place. [now that he's here though he's going to just get right up in your space and practically lean against you okay? ok]

[.....ok]

It has been an overwhelming couple of days.

[He's never been shuffled around so much in such a short span of time, and certainly not without being consciously aware of it. It's disorienting, and being separated from his best friend just made it worse. He can understand how Sorey is feeling.]

It's...

[ A pause as she feels her cheeks getting warm. She can't lie about it at all. ]

A little bit.

[...Well.

He's glad she's being honest, at least, even if there's nothing he can do about it.]

Would it make a difference at all if our communication was voice or text only? We'd at least be on the same page.

I-I don't know if it will.

[ A shrug of her shoulders. She wishes she could see him. This might be something she has to try getting used to. With the invitation she's about to make if he accepts it, she's bound to start hearing his voice again and not see a face. ]

But I have a friend on my ship who might be able to. He's a spirit.

[ The real reason she wanted to contact him... ]

[Ah... now he understands.]

You want us to meet.

[ A nod of her head. Cole's a different kind of spirit, a spirit with a human body and a spirit of virtue. Maybe she'll let Mikleo figure out more for himself... ]

Feel free to come visit the Pathstone whenever you like.

The Pathstone...

[Unfamiliar territory. But okay, he was probably going to have to learn to fly the shuttles eventually.]

I'll do that, then. Thank you for inviting me.

You're welcome.

[ Should she warn him about Tek? She doesn't think the others on the Pathstone will be able to see him. ]

I wish I could see you... but this is fine.

[ Just talking to him, hearing his voice should be fine. She'll still be his friend. ]

[Hmm. He doesn't want to give her any promises with no way to fulfill them. But she sounds so unhappy, there's no reason he can't throw her a bone or something.]

While I'm there, we can test your resonance in person. If you're able to hear me, then it's possible that you might see me one day, as well.

If not, there's something else we can try, but we'd need Sorey for that.

[Leans on Mikleo's shoulder] There's so much to do. If they're trying to distract us from what's happened to us by trying to keep us busy, they're definitely succeeding. This feels like a really advanced setup.

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My... reh-zuh-nens?

[ What's that... ]

Don't get overwhelmed. We'll start with what we can do and work our way up from there, same as always. Gather information, research the area, study what we see.

Resonance is a word we use to describe someone's ability to see or hear seraphim. Some people develop or are born with very high resonance- like Sorey, for example. He grew up around us, so he can see us and speak with us like normal.

Most humans little to none, though, which is why I'm used to being invisible.

You're right. [Mikleo, as always, puts things into perspective. Sorey can feel himself calming down already. He's not terrified to be on his own, but Mikleo's almost always been with him, especially as things got progressively harder and more complicated. Even more than Lailah sometimes, Mikleo is his mainstay.

Sorey sighs and drapes an arm around Mikleo's shoulders as they walk, which makes it kind of awkward to not bump into each other but whatever, whatever. Mikleo'll shove him off when it gets annoying.] We just have to concentrate on what we can do right now. Which is keeping our ears open and talking to as many people as possible.

Yeah.

[Mikleo doesn't seem to mind, at least not for the moment- merely sways in step with Sorey, picking up his pace to keep in step with the other's longer strides. It feels a bit strange to be stepping into Lailah's role, keeping Sorey on track, but at least he's had a lot of practice with it, ever since they were kids. Lailah was better with the Shepherd stuff, but a worrying friend is nothing he can't handle. Even the sub lord pact can't change that.]

What about your crew, by the way? I never had a chance to ask. Was there any trouble?

Oh no, no trouble. My crew is really quiet actually. I walked around looking for malevolence, but I didn't see much of anything. [He's only spoken to a couple members at length, and they were both very kind to him. He's got no complaints.

Except that. Y'know. No Mikleo.] So you don't have to worry. [because you were]

[Of course he was worried, but he just shrugs and doesn't acknowledge it. Sorey will assume it whether he admits it or not.]

Maybe I should come to your ship when I need some peace and quiet.

[And a break from the malevolence ~~that totally exists here now~~. Though with Sorey around, he feels instantly better, anyway. So that's a nice change.]

You should! It'd be a nice, quiet vacation. There's not much to do there besides your work, but we would at least have each other to talk to.

You'd be back to talking to empty air, you know.

[Hope you like your new crew thinking you're crazy.]

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