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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[narcissithstic]

( It always is, Petre.

And if I find the Force isn't so kind as to grant it to me, I -take- it. )

[inflori]

[ ... nice save. ]

( Then it's not what you deserve, it's what you want. )

[narcissithstic]

( There is no difference.

The Force is cruel to those who deserve better, and kind to those that deserve less just as often as it's fair. )

[And he's endured it for so, so long...]

[inflori]

( So are gods. They've done nothing but wrong and abandon those who believed in them. ) [ And while Petre doesn't voice it in the mental link, there's the resentment of a boy who was placed through the same. Speaking from experience, though he doesn't remember a single second of it. All he knows is what Diana told him, and yet. ] ( Then something better came along.

Sound familiar? )