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[whatdeheckisdat]

[Grune, Norma-- why is everyone suddenly getting kidnapped? All at once? It was an entire year before Dhaos witnessed the kidnapping of anyone he paid attention to other than himself, and then within the space of a month, there were two. It calls to mind something he heard a resident once say over the journals; he can't recall who it was (though he recalls not thinking much of the person in question), or in what context, but the message stuck in his mind:

The second year is the hardest.

...Along with several other comments about how half-year residents are more optimistic. But anyway, it certainly does appear to be proving true, in Dhaos' case.

This train of thought leads Dhaos to realize that there is one other person he cares for that appears to be missing in action. It's a long way from CH3 to House 8, so feel free to catch him on the way over! And by now it ought to go without saying that he is randomly stargazing somewhere at night.]

Comments

[fortunefail]

I don't know. All her belongings would be with Mithos.

[And it should be exceptionally clear, especially with everything that Yuan has already told Dhaos, that he does not get along well with the younger Yggdrasill sibling.]

[whatdeheckisdat]

[...So she has chosen to live with her brother. Why is Dhaos not surprised? Now even if... when she returns, getting hold of her without attracting the half-elf's attention will not be easy.]

...I suppose he did respond to her message, then.

[Which is a given, considering the way Mithos is, but Dhaos had been rather hoping his lack of intervention had not caused any... problems.]

[fortunefail]

[He frowns at those words. Dhaos, you've lost him, because he doesn't expect the thing you're referring to have happened so long ago. He's trying to place it somewhere more recent.]

Her message?

[whatdeheckisdat]

[Dhaos is late, news at eleven. Not talking much tends to have the side effect of people not following your train of thought when you do speak, so Dhaos is not terribly surprised to find that Yuan apparently has no idea what he's talking about.]

She was wearing your cloak when first I saw her, but she has chosen to reside with her brother once more.

[fortunefail]

[... Well, that still doesn't explain any 'message', but it does give Yuan a concrete timeframe to work with.]

Of course she has. He will always be her brother. [... Regardless of the atrocities he committed, or will commit in Martel's future. He can't imagine such a thing is as easy for Martel to cope with as she's letting on.]

[whatdeheckisdat]

[Or else she is simply blind. Dhaos has no idea how much she has been told (and does not know the full story himself, besides), but having been raised an only child he is having some difficulty understanding Martel's choices.]

...At least he will have a chaperone.

[fortunefail]

Mm, that's the only good thing to come out of it.

[With Martel around, there's a very small chance Mithos will attack someone. Of course, the problem is that Martel needs to be around. Yuan suspects the only reason Mithos hasn't lashed out in frustration over her kidnapping already is because of the death penalty.]

[whatdeheckisdat]

[Mithos would not intentionally harm Martel, and Martel would not allow Mithos to hurt anyone without at least making him feel somewhat guilty about it. But Dhaos knows better than to lay all of his concerns to rest.]

...We will simply have to trust her, then. Once she returns.

[fortunefail]

[Touched as he is that Dhaos is this invested in the other seraphim of Luceti, Yuan's also a bit unsettled that he seems to have that much interest in Martel.]

Hmm. Yes, we will. [He's fainly wondering if Dhaos will leave now that he has the answers he wanted, or if he'll stay for a wider discussion.]