(( dayum that is a hardcore lens... also i'm gonna go ahead and fast forward a little to get things wrapped up! o7 ))
[ She smiles in return, and nods. (She'd taught Sieglinde what little she could before her own magic had fizzled out completely... Again, to think back to the past brings up such a strange sense of disconnect; another world and another lifetime.) A lot of things had happened since Nalawi, some good, some bad... And either way, she does her best not to hang on to any regrets.
—But reminiscing aside, it's back to work. The sooner she can get the equipment functional the closer they'll ostensibly be to a cure... By the time she finishes filling up whatever items can hold a charge, and runs a few rounds on the centrifuge, it's approaching midday. She'll need to continue scouring the city for what supplies she can scrape together for a meager meal—plenty of mouths to feed back at her main residence. ]
...I'll let you resume your research, then.
[ (She feels much more hopeful now; maybe it's seeing the girl on her own feet that's part of it, too.) ...And even if they've already said it before, it bears repeating: ]
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[ She smiles in return, and nods. (She'd taught Sieglinde what little she could before her own magic had fizzled out completely... Again, to think back to the past brings up such a strange sense of disconnect; another world and another lifetime.) A lot of things had happened since Nalawi, some good, some bad... And either way, she does her best not to hang on to any regrets.
—But reminiscing aside, it's back to work. The sooner she can get the equipment functional the closer they'll ostensibly be to a cure... By the time she finishes filling up whatever items can hold a charge, and runs a few rounds on the centrifuge, it's approaching midday. She'll need to continue scouring the city for what supplies she can scrape together for a meager meal—plenty of mouths to feed back at her main residence. ]
...I'll let you resume your research, then.
[ (She feels much more hopeful now; maybe it's seeing the girl on her own feet that's part of it, too.) ...And even if they've already said it before, it bears repeating: ]
...It's good to see you again, Sieglinde.