voice;

[ringletted]

[The voice that comes over the tablets sounds calm and collected, masking the panic and fear of the woman speaking.]

I don't know who she was staying with, nor what unit she had been assigned, but if anybody has seen Emma Swan recently, I'd be glad to know. I can't seem to get in contact with her, and though I didn't know her well...

[She has to stop for a moment. It is so, so hard to force her voice not to crack, saying those words.]

Though I didn't know her well, she doesn't seem the type to purposefully make herself unavailable. I suspect she's returned to our home, but I thought it appropriate to inquire about her regardless. Thank you all.

[And then a pause.]

If someone told you about the future that awaits you back home, would you try to change it though it seems set in stone?

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voice;

[reconnaissance]

But ignoring how flaming mucked up everything is and putting a gloss on it isn't going to help, either!

( She hates adults!!! They're all useless!!! )

voice;

[ringletted]

I'm doing neither of those things. I admitted it was horrible. Just because I'm not going to go ranting on about it doesn't mean I'm ignoring how awful it is.

help me i have a word vomit problem

[reconnaissance]

( In a fit of total maturity, Ellie cuts off the communication. Writing it all out helps, getting the record of things and everything that happens, every horrific detail of it, that means it was real and it happened. That means they might be remembered, because God knows they're likely enough to die at any minute. Sometimes she craves it, even.

Never mind that this was talking about someone else, a different context, raging rather than recording. Not being about to get it out, to rant, feels like her voice has been cut off. Terrible things have happened when she was denied the right to speak. It's tied in with all sorts of messes. It's not like Snow said anything wrong, really, but it wasn't a good thing to say to Ellie. )