video;

[innominata]

[ When the video feed flickers on, it catches the girl from an extreme angle. She comes into clear view as she holds up the tablet and frowns at it.

The face is familiar, but there are differences. Thin always, she's too skinny now; her eyes are almost too big on her face. Her hair is a little longer and raggedly cut. Her clothes, a once fine page's garb, have turned to rags.

Sitting on the ground, Arya turns the tablet over. Her legs and the ground come briefly into view. She tosses the tablet aside with a frustrated sound. Enjoy that shot of the sky. Well. Clouds. ]

This is all stupid.

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[gevurah]

[ An exasperated noise that's gone as soon as it came. ]

I'm a friend, Cat.

[innominata]

I don't have friends.

[gevurah]

You have your wolf.

[innominata]

[ pause ]

That's different.

[gevurah]

How?

[innominata]

She's a wolf.

[gevurah]

A wolf is more appealing than another person?

[innominata]

[ Yes. ]

I said she's not my friend.

[gevurah]

You don't need to make this difficult.

[innominata]

I'm not. [ Yes, she is. ]

[gevurah]

You've avoided answering my questions directly.

[innominata]

[ Fine. She'll settle for not answering at all. Again. ]

[gevurah]

[ KIDS... ]

You don't remember me. Right?

[innominata]

Yes.

[gevurah]

Yes as in "I do" or "I don't"?

[innominata]

Don't.

[gevurah]

Alright.

I'm Kate. We've met before.

[innominata]

I understood that.

[gevurah]

You don't want to know any more?

[innominata]

What else do you know?

[gevurah]

Right now, there are many others who should remember this place but don't. They're also older or younger than usual.

[innominata]

[ She wants to laugh. It's ridiculous. But she's also talking to a woman through a tablet. ]

So I'm...? [ Younger? If she were older, she should remember. ]

[gevurah]

[ Kate's expression falls. ]

I can't tell. Your hair was much more shorter.

[innominata]

That doesn't help me.

[gevurah]

You don't talk a lot.