maskormenace | voice.

[There are a lot of questions, a lot that she's had answered just by being here, but there is always more than that. It's why she comes here today. Lightning isn't great at this means of communication; it seems more like it's suitable for someone else, someone not her, but here she is.

Some part of her realizes her questions will be telling, especially for Hope, but they are necessary. They're important to understand. Not only her situation, but this world's situation.]

I come from a world that was in danger. A different danger. Our war had long since passed, and what remained was somewhere that ... [She struggles with the words.] Use your imagination. [That works.]

What I want to know is the source of this war. Who's leading it? Why is it happening? [As a military adviser, she has a feeling it'll be important going forward, but she wants her fellow imPorts' opinions first; it feels important. This is their lives, too, after all.]

I also have some questions about the flow of time. A friend and I ... we're from different points altogether. He's from my past. But the past itself is shaky. Is that the same here? Should we consider all points in the timeline one and the same?

[What else should she add? There's a sound of uncertain shuffling, in part because she's impatient with herself for not knowing what to say right off the bat.]

... Right. I'm Lightning.

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A touch too far. [Oh, yeah, she's definitely gone too far. And she can't even hide the thought. Though she is a stoic individual, there are some things that she can't help.] It's not easy to not help something when it's going wrong, even if it does mean changing the pathway.

[ He shrugged. ] Perhaps I am lucky, in my world, they hardly needed my help to keep such things from happening at all.

I manage to watch over my small corner of the world, and that seems to be quite enough.

It's better that way. That at least means that things aren't going badly. [She assumes, anyway. They could be going worse.] Unless you'd remain hands off either way.