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[ the feed comes on to show a boy with very tall hair and a much shorter girl with scratches on her face over her eye, one looking rather cheerful and the other less so. ]

Hi hi hi everyone, I have an important question. [ he holds up a finger, tilts his head as if a thought had just occurred to him. he's so preoccupied he was going to launch himself into his spiel without even introducing himself. ] I'm being rude. I am Henry Cheng, and we were wondering —

[ the not so tall and in fact very short girl interrupts. ] We're looking for someone we know! [ she pulls a little face, looking over at Mr. Henry Cheng. ] A few people, actually. [ okay, maybe that was a little rude. she murmurs something unintelligible and takes a step back. please, proceed. ]

And that was my lovely friend Blue. [ he gestures with a flourish toward her, shoots her a wink, absolutely unbothered by the interruption or her outburst. ] As she said, we are looking for someone. Multiple someones. I'm sure this place has a list of sorts, yes? A quick way to CTRL-F a friend's name and find out their status?

[ he looks a bit more serious, then, like underneath the cheerfulness he's exhausted. his next words are very earnest. ]

We would appreciate any info. Thank you.

[ in the background, Blue begins tromping away, shedding dead leaves for some reason, and can be vaguely heard to say 'maybe we should've mentioned Gansey by name' before the video ends. ]

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Well, I can think of plenty that wouldn't! [ Gee. Come over here so she can toss leaf litter at you. ]

[ Blue doesn't seem to take offense, which is kind of novel. She smiles somewhat knowingly. That fades away slowly at his question, but she settles in. Clears her throat. ]

I don't know. [ She leans forward, shifting so her chin is in both hands and her elbows are on her knees. ] You start. [ She sort of figures there's a list. ] Wherever.

[ She breathes out through her teeth, then nods. ] They know now. At home. I mean, it turns out we didn't do a good job of keeping it a secret.

[ This is no doubt super shocking to hear. ]

[ A note of warmth creeps into her voice. ]

I can believe that. You weren't good at keeping it secret here, either.

[ She huffs, but not angrily. ] He's the one that's not subtle.

[ Blue, neither of you are subtle about each other. ]

Unfortunately, yes.

I know, I know. It doesn't line up with what you remember from home? That's totally normal. Time here... It's weird.

Oh, yes. Quite so. It was completely him.

I guess it makes sense. [ In a weird way. She looks unsure to the extreme. ] Sort of. I'm trying to make it make sense.

He wears turquoise shirts. He has a three after his name. There's nothing subtle about him.

[ ... she loves him a lot. Also, is she defending herself or what here? ]

You're from the future, right? Like Gansey and Noah?

[ Because he thinks he would remember her being hurt. He thinks he'd have known and done something about it. Unbidden his gaze flicks to her eyebrow and back down her face, discontent swirling uselessly in his stomach. ]

They keep telling me it's fine, but --. [ But she's hurt, and he's not stupid. The others have been changed too. ]

[ She can't help it. Her hand comes to cover her eye for a second and she frowns. Once she seems to realize what she did, she drops her hand like it got burned. ]

Yeah, I am. [ This is just the strangest thing to have to explain to someone. ] I don't know how far ahead or anything... [ She sort of didn't want to ask. ]

You asked both of them? [ It's not an answer at all, but she wonders. ] What'd they say? Just that it's fine?

I'm from the cave.

[ If that helps. ] With your mom and Artemus. Noah said he was a little along but I got the feeling he didn't want to talk much. Gansey's only been back a little while and I --. [ He pauses, guilt seeping into his stomach. ] I had some other stuff I was trying to deal with. [ Fighting with Ronan, mostly. ]

You're hurt though. [ And he doesn't like it.

He knows enough to try and curb the instinct it inspires, because if anything Blue Sargent would kill him for trying to be protective. But he still doesn't like it. ]

[ Her mouth forms a small o-shape. That was awhile ago. Or was it? It feels like years. ]

Noah's... [ She breathes out, then shrugs. Like that's supposed to explain something. ] He's different here. Really different. [ That doesn't explain anything. Not even a little. ] It literally just happened. Right before we got here. A lot of things at once. I was right there. You, Ronan, Henry, Gansey, we were all there. [ Not Noah. ] Then bam, I'm here. I'm still trying to process it or something.

[ She's right about the protectiveness, but she's also in such a state of mind right now. Honestly, she's probably in shock still. ] I'm okay. It looks worse than it is. [ Vague gesturing at her face. ]

Is Gansey --.

[ He stops himself short. He doesn't want to think about it even though he knows he should. Logic dictates that their friend makes it. But logic doesn't have any place in a world like this. Hell, Kavinsky died and he's up and walking around like he owns the place. Adam knows he has to ask. And he knows Blue's the only one who can answer him. She's the only one who shares the same dreadful knowledge he does, the name on a list someplace in Fox Way.

So when he speaks his voice is hushed and awful and he's trying to keep it together because it has no place here. ] Is he okay? [ Does he live? Does he make it? ]

[ Of course he wants to know. Of course. There's probably a treatise on time travel somewhere that says she shouldn't answer this or some nonsense, but it's Adam and he deserves to know. He helped her carry that secret around, even if it ended up they weren't really keeping anything from Gansey himself.

She breathes out again. ] He's alive. [ Is he okay? That, she doesn't quite know. Her bottom lip disappears between her teeth. Which is good, because this way it won't tremble. She hasn't said as much aloud yet, has she? Hasn't yet reassured herself it's true. ]

He is.

I can wait for you to process. Don't want to totally blow your mind.

I need to figure this out. [ She looks less unsure at that. ] Putting it off won't help.

[Cosima nods, approvingly. Noah was right. She likes this girl.]

Good attitude.

The best way to realize how time's different here is to ask your friends what the last thing they remember is. I bet you guys'll have different answers.

I've been here for three. Noah and Ronan have been here-- Mm. [ He ponders this. ]

Sort of one month. But they've been back and forth. Gansey and Adam have been here the longest.

[ Not counting Gansey's day/weeks-long trip back home. ]

[ A little giggle. ]

Well, he's very closedmouthed about his opinions on ley lines.

[ Blue chews on her lip a moment. ] Right. So I shouldn't go around saying anything that might've happened without checking who knows what first. [ And keeping in mind they know things she doesn't, since they've been here longer. ]

Yes, it's a total mystery as to whether or not he's interested in those.

[ Total mystery. ]

And Welsh kings...

Is he interested in Welsh kings? I had no idea.

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