mental link, v important questions;

[narcissithstic]

(Tell me, have any of you spoken to Cathaway within the last two months.)

[The newer Hosts are the most likely suspects, but perhaps through the link—

Perhaps he feels nothing not because of distance, but because she's chosen to keep him locked out. The possibility is a nagging itch at the base of his skull; he'd rather know for certain.]

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[shiro2hero]

(Does she go quiet a lot?)

(Maybe she can't reach down here.)

[narcissithstic]

(Not ordinarily, no.

But you're right in guessing that she can't: the distance is too great between us for the symbiote to allow communication.

I've been pressing my own limits with the Force, but...)

[As of yet, no luck.]

[shiro2hero]

(And it's not possible to get back without finishing what we've started down here, is it?)

[Otherwise someone would have done it already, he thinks.]

[narcissithstic]

(It is.

But we'd have to return the same way we arrived, and this planet isn't accustomed to interstellar travel. It could be a risk.

To all of us.)

[shiro2hero]

[Thus asking new arrivals if they've heard anything... he gets it.]

(I see. I'm sorry I don't have better news. I know a friend of mine asked around more when she woke up.)

[On account of Pidge not being in the middle of a mental crisis.]

(I could speak to her.)

[narcissithstic]

(If you think she knows anything.)

[It's possible she wouldn't reveal everything to him after he tried to persuade Shiro to let go of his memories; that sort of confrontation tends to stick even once the ashes cool.]

[shiro2hero]

(She might. It wouldn't hurt to ask either way.)

[He just won't mention the reason he's asking. She can hold a grudge -- and she'd been really, really upset during that conversation.]

[narcissithstic]

(Are you sure of that?)

[If she finds out through the slip of your thoughts, Shiro, Ren won't be the one feeling the heat of her frustration...]

[shiro2hero]

(Yeah. Very sure.)

[If it comes to that, it won't be the first time Pidge has yelled at him. Or been angry with him. But they got through it.]