[ Seeing his handwriting is instant relief. But reading what he says makes her stomach drop.
To return to Thorne would have been for one thing, specifically: to reunite with her friend. But even that can't happen easily, can it? ]
Cadens
[ Okay. The Free Cities don't hold the same history as Thorne for her, but considering how Thancred had to escape to Nott, maybe this is for the best for him. Maybe he will be safer over there. That's enough to ground her a bit more. ]
[ At first Thancred thinks that Himeka means she is also in Cadens, but that's quickly followed up with another message, one that makes his heart drop.
They're not even allowed the chance to see one another. Of course. When has this world ever been so kind? ]
Naturally. You make your grand return, and I'm not even there to greet you.
Himeka, have they done anything to you? I doubt that Sidwell and his people would toss you into the dungeons, but please take care of yourself.
[ If she weren't returning to Solvunn--a place that she has long since called her home--Cadens would have certainly been a second choice. Nay, the first! She hasn't been to the Free Cities and would have liked to explore, especially with family...
But she's not in the dungeons. She can count those blessings. She's just...well. ]
I'm afraid I don't always have the best timing.
[ She can make light of it. ]
No, they haven't. We're being treated well enough, it's just a very odd feeling.
[ To suddenly be on the other side of how everything started.
Months. They had spent months half-starved in those dungeons. Cold...and without her magic. That part scares her the most.
She feels childish writing this, but Thancred won't think less of her. ]
[ No, he won't think less of her. It does worry him, though, as Himeka so rarely is honest with him in this way. Not that she hasn't been in the past, but it's a sign that this is truly getting to her, and understandably so. ]
I know. 'Tis a place filled with bad memories for you. I wish I was there.
[ Maybe he wouldn't have been that much of a consolation prize, but it would have been something. ]
I would encourage you to seek out any other Summoned, either those who have managed to return to their home territory, or others that were displaced.
[ It eats away at him that he's so far away while she's struggling, but all he can do is try to talk her through it. ]
[ There are so many places in the world, in other worlds, that could be filled with bad memories. That this one that seems so relatively minute in comparison would feel so heavily is...embarrassing, to some degree. And there isn't much that does embarrass her these days. ]
I do too.
[ For a multitude of reasons, even if she wasn't in Thorne. They've been separated for years and at this point it feels a little cruel. But maybe she's just feeling all of it too much right now... she'll calm down.
[ It does feel cruel, almost as if the gods of this place or the Singularity are having a laugh at their expense, though Thancred suspects it's nothing more than random chance that's seen fit to keep them separated.
It's no less frustrating. ]
There was already word that the Singularity was acting abnormally, especially with the arrival of the Dimming.
The question is what any of it means. We have a few pieces of evidence by now, but no answers as to why it's happening.
[ Not for the first time, he wishes he was like one of their more educated companions and could give Himeka some sort of theory of what was taking place. ]
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To return to Thorne would have been for one thing, specifically: to reunite with her friend. But even that can't happen easily, can it? ]
Cadens
[ Okay. The Free Cities don't hold the same history as Thorne for her, but considering how Thancred had to escape to Nott, maybe this is for the best for him. Maybe he will be safer over there. That's enough to ground her a bit more. ]
Okay.
I'm in Thorne. Castle Thorne.
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They're not even allowed the chance to see one another. Of course. When has this world ever been so kind? ]
Naturally. You make your grand return, and I'm not even there to greet you.
Himeka, have they done anything to you? I doubt that Sidwell and his people would toss you into the dungeons, but please take care of yourself.
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But she's not in the dungeons. She can count those blessings. She's just...well. ]
I'm afraid I don't always have the best timing.
[ She can make light of it. ]
No, they haven't. We're being treated well enough, it's just a very odd feeling.
[ To suddenly be on the other side of how everything started.
Months. They had spent months half-starved in those dungeons. Cold...and without her magic. That part scares her the most.
She feels childish writing this, but Thancred won't think less of her. ]
I don't want to be here, Thancred.
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I know. 'Tis a place filled with bad memories for you. I wish I was there.
[ Maybe he wouldn't have been that much of a consolation prize, but it would have been something. ]
I would encourage you to seek out any other Summoned, either those who have managed to return to their home territory, or others that were displaced.
[ It eats away at him that he's so far away while she's struggling, but all he can do is try to talk her through it. ]
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I do too.
[ For a multitude of reasons, even if she wasn't in Thorne. They've been separated for years and at this point it feels a little cruel. But maybe she's just feeling all of it too much right now... she'll calm down.
She'll be fine. They all have to be. ]
I will. I will I promise.
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Something feels wrong, right? Something is wrong.
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It's no less frustrating. ]
There was already word that the Singularity was acting abnormally, especially with the arrival of the Dimming.
The question is what any of it means. We have a few pieces of evidence by now, but no answers as to why it's happening.
[ Not for the first time, he wishes he was like one of their more educated companions and could give Himeka some sort of theory of what was taking place. ]