IV. [Video]

[leaporfall]

Well. That was deeply disconcerting. I don't like the thought that our identities are so easily played with. Is this commonplace, or was there some sort of special occasion?

[She pauses, fingertips drumming lightly on the table she sits at.]

Is everyone all right, in the wake of that?

[Another pause. She looks, perhaps, a little guilty.]

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[doesnotbrood]

[He stares.]

Sebastian? He's...here?

[Video]

[leaporfall]

[A little oddly uncertain,]

Yes. He arrived while the rest of us...weren't ourselves.

[Video]

[doesnotbrood]

[And he desperately wants to know what that means.] How was I...not myself, Marian?

[Video]

[leaporfall]

[Marian's expression goes grim and a little angry.]

You don't remember any of what happened?

[She scrubs a hand over her face.]

This may be a conversation better held in private.

[Video]

[doesnotbrood]

[He nods.] Just a moment.

[The feed goes black for a moment and two sharp beeps are heard, then it cuts back on.]

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A friend was kind enough to show me a rather useful capability of this device.

[Video | Private]

[leaporfall]

Useful indeed.

[And something she would've remembered herself, were she not still chasing her own tail like a nug trapped in a barrel.]

You were - as you must have been before you got those markings.

[Video | Private]

[doesnotbrood]

I...I was? How I was? [He's lucky he locked this before hearing that.]

I...what was I like?

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[leaporfall]

You were - different. Younger, and not just physically. Resolute, resigned.

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[doesnotbrood]

I...don't understand. Anders...mentioned my family?

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[leaporfall]

Your mother and your sister. You feared for their safety - that Danarius would take his rage out on them when he found you missing. You said you didn't fear his anger for yourself.

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[doesnotbrood]

My...mother and sister...

[He winces, looking down.]

I remember nothing.

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[leaporfall]

[She bites her tongue, remaining quiet for a moment.]

These gods and the magister both have much to answer for.

Your name was Leto. Or at least, that's the one you gave when asked.

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[doesnotbrood]

Leto...that name means nothing to me...

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[leaporfall]

Still, I - thought you should know it. [Thought it would be wrong not to tell him is probably more accurate.]

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[doesnotbrood]

[His voice is distant, as though he's deeply distracted.] Thank you for telling me.

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[leaporfall]

Of course.

[She's quiet for a long moment.] If you need anything, Fenris, I'll be here.