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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[spideys]

( Hey - I recognize that name.

Yeah.

I have.

Why? )

[inflori]

( No, why? )

[ With a distinctive twang of whoooo caaaares. ]

[narcissithstic]

(How did she seem to you?)

[Distant? Melancholy, perhaps.] (Did she ask you to relay anything?)

[Dude u thirsty.]

[snaphiss]

( When I first arrived, yes. Why, is she of particular interest to you? )

[narcissithstic]

[Consider yourself mentally swatted for that flippant response, Petre. Much as you might be brothers, Cathaway is an entirely different matter altogether.]

(We haven't spoken to one another in a very long time.

It must be weighing on her.)

[inflori]

[ Wow! And now Petre is just offended. ]

( Why would it be weighing on her? What are we even talking about. )

[narcissithstic]

(What did she say?

What did she tell you?)

[Answer his questions first, Aunt Mara.]

[greentech]

( She was on the Station, right? )

[snaphiss]

[Fine, but only because you're her favorite nephew and because it costs her nothing.]

( We spoke on the point of the Nest, and whether its plans where feasible. Do you want the memory? )

[narcissithstic]

(Did you not come running when Angel was unconscious and you felt entirely alone?)

[inflori]

[ And now he's more offended. ]

( You feel alone? )

[narcissithstic]

(She was.

If you'd met her, you wouldn't have forgotten it.)

[A consciousness so vast, so brightly burning that it made Snoke seem shallow by comparison. Useless.]

[spideys]

[ s...quints??? ]

( No, I mean she seemed kinda weird but we also just met and maybe that's the way she is all the time, I don't know.

Was she supposed to ask me to relay something? )

[ What is happening did he miss some important information ohgod.

This mental link thing is only allowing all those extraneous thoughts to flow right through his head without a filter. Sorry, Kylo. ]

[narcissithstic]

(Later.)

[Anything viewed now runs the risk of being seen by someone else. Felt or followed, and this— this is too different. Personal.]

(She didn't mention me.) [An assumption, but one suspected of being true all the same. Mara had a tendency to keep secrets, but she also has a habit of blunt sincerity whenever something seems relevant enough.

And she keeps little from him.]

[narcissithstic]

[If he's being entirely honest?] (Always.)

[And never.]

(But she has to feel it, too, when we're all so far away from the Station, unable to reach her.)

[headinjuries]

( Not since I got here. Which was...a month ago? Ish? )

[ He's bad at keeping track of time once he's off Earth, okay. ]

[inflori]

[ Yes, yes, that's all very nice. ]

( You're supposed to have me.

You don't think I'm worth it. )

[wrackful]

( Yeah, we spoke. What, she not meant to be able to do that anymore? )

[narcissithstic]

( No. ) [Tangibly disappointing as it is, that, at least, he can admit.]

(It's been a long time since I left the Nest to complete this mission. Communicating across distances this great, even with the Force, is impossible.)

[In normal human language: that means he misses her. Or more accurately, her validation.]

(Depending on how long it takes us to see this through, you won't speak to her again for months. Possibly more.)

[narcissithstic]

(You don't know what it was like.

To have someone there, always in your thoughts. Your mind. Through fear and anguish, when all others have abandoned you to wallow in your own suffering.)

[He dotes on you, Petre, and his thoughts project as much, but there's no denying how differently he views Cathaway.]

[greentech]

( Right. Well, I met her, I'm pretty sure. Why do you want to know? )

[adamance]

( What are you hoping to gain here? )

[It's an odd question to pose, knowing what she knows of him and her.

And then there's that whole matter of distance.]

[narcissithstic]

[Unfortunate, but fine. Good. At least so far it's all predictable news: she hasn't chosen herself a new favorite surrogate in the time it's taken them to part ways and advance the mission to this point.]

(What did you make of her?)

[inflori]

( Well, apparently she isn't there anymore, is she.

But I'm still here. )

[ Greed, envy, etc etc. ]

[narcissithstic]

(Not while we're away from the Station.)

[It's a crudely pointed statement, punctuated by Ren's own train of thought. Sup, Murph, where were you when you spoke to her.]