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[tooshallpass]

[Margot's doing that thing again -- that thing where she buries herself in books for ages at a time. It's not been all that long yet so Nadia hasn't felt the need to come to the rescue, but the respite from her twin's looming ('how do you feel Nadia? not faint, not sick? shouldn't you sit down? you don't want to exert yourself!') is rather nice

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[followyouthere]

[Margot's still at it when Nadia knocks to enter her room.

The girl is surrounded by piles of notes, a couple of books (most of which aren't entirely helpful, thank you, Mayfield Library), and hasn't showered for a few days and has eaten in even less than that time.

Sleep hasn't been much of an option either and she blearily waves her sister in.]

[tooshallpass]

[Nadia frowns and sets some of her shopping down, coming over to pry the book Margot's scribbling from out of her hands.

It's easy to do.]

[followyouthere]

Hey! What are you -- ?!

[tooshallpass]

Enough, Margot. Please! You've been at this for days; you need a break.

[followyouthere]

No. C'mon... I'm real close now...

[Yeah. She stops protesting at the withering look her sister gives her.]

Sorry, Nadia.

[tooshallpass]

It's fine, Margot, it's just --

[And that's when what's on the papers catches her eye.]

Oh, Margot... Not again...

[followyouthere]

Nadia... This has to be it. This place! So many people from all over different worlds, there has to be something in one of them, right?

[tooshallpass]

There could be, but...

[followyouthere]

So just let me work, okay? [tries to take the book back]

[tooshallpass]

[holds it up higher, out of her reach]

Margot!

[on the verge of tears]

You do this all the time! W-what if I just died tomorrow, huh? Our last moments together would be you, here, buried in research and me without my sister! Is that what you want, to have me alone?!

[followyouthere]

[stunned into silence for a long while; meekly speaks when she can]

Nadia, I didn't realize... But I need to do this, so you can get better, then we'll have all the time in the world...

[tooshallpass]

But, Margot... Don't you see? I'm better here. I feel -- I don't know how I feel; better than I have, ever, that's for sure. And if maybe...

[followyouthere]

[sinking feeling]

Maybe what, Nadia?

[tooshallpass]

What if -- what if we stayed here, Margot?

[hurriedly adds]

I have friends here, and you do, too! We could both have lives, get married, have kids... Not have to -- to worry about me being sick anymore because I'm not here and it's like... like the Weaver saw our plight and gave us this paradise...

[followyouthere]

PARADISE?! You call this place a fucking paradise?!

They take away our free will -- I've seen it! We don't have our magic, none of what makes us us! How could you even suggest..?!

And you fucking know how I feel about those things! I can't -- ARRGH! Nadia, what's possessed you?!

[tooshallpass]

But we would be together and th-that's what matters right..?