corrinesbell | 108. Plain

...The art of summoning doesn't exist in most of Tethe'alla. The people who do know about it don't...say much.

... The people of Mizuho are aware of it. Even though their attempts were never truly successful. Until... well, you I suppose. Or me, in a different reality.

That's what I mean. We're the only people that I've ever heard knows about it. So maybe you came there to study it or something.

[A reality where Volt didn't happen to her? ...]

No... that wasn't it, either. This was ... after my family had been cast out of Heimdall. We were on the run from the Academy. At least... that's what I was told. My memories of it are muddled in both instances.

... You don't think it's strange that we would end up in Mizuho, of all places? A secret town where no outsiders would know how to find it?

I do think it's strange. You can't really get there unless you know how to get there.

There was someone with me who knew how to get there.

You did? Who was it? [they'd have to be as old as Tiga by now...]

[Very hesitantly:] ... His name was Kloitz. I don't think there's any way you could have known him.

Edited 2010-08-23 22:19 (UTC)

...It's not a name I recognize. But it doesn't sound very Mizuho either. You sure that's not just a cover name?

It could be. He was... doing work somewhere else for a while, after all. It only makes sense that it would be under a different identity.

... Even if it wasn't good enough, in the end.

[You are saying all sorts of weird things today.]

I guess you don't remember how you ended up following him to Mizuho?

[sudden realization: Sheena would then have spent a few childhood years with Raine. ...Huh.]

No, I... I know how that happened. I know why that happened. I just... don't think it worked out that way in my actual reality. The timing seems off.

If it helps, I don't remember ever seeing you in Mizuho?

...So, wait, how did it happen?

As I said... we were on the run from Sybak. And I suppose he must have thought... where else to hide, but in a hidden town? It seems so idealistic.

But it didn't work out, or you wouldn't've been in Sylvarant in that memory too.

The circumstances were a little different.

[Some of this, Sheena's just not following. So either she's still having comprehension trouble or Raine's just choosing not to share certain things. Either one isn't great.

Sheena picks up her cup of tea again but almost immediately puts it down an shuts her eyes]

[Sheena's silence makes her wonder if she's just been talking too much. It wasn't likely that this Sheena would even know about that stuff from her past ... or really be able to connect what she was saying.

Just another side effect of being disorganized. And that's why the past should never be talked about.] ... You should go rest.

[No, the past should be talked about. And she's interested. She just needed a minute or three, right there.]

Trying to get rid of me already?

You still seem worn out.

...I didn't sleep very well.

Did you sleep at all? [Not that Raine is an authority on what a restful night's sleep is.]

Yeah, a little bit. And Zelos basically forced me to take a nap earlier.

[right now naps don't last long either. Now it's her turn to be evasive without being obvious about it.]

Not long enough, evidently.

I'm not a wreck.

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