First little lie ♰ Keep me breathing as the water rises up again

[beingdifferent]

[The first image the camera captures is a pair of large brown eyes, blinking sleepily before widening. They dart back and forth as their owner pulls the communicator back, showing a small pale face framed by dark curls, mouth curled into a frown. Zoom back a little more and the starry expanse from the deck is visible in the background.

The girl in the foreground bites at her bottom lip, licks it, looks around again before frowning at the communicator. She pulls it up closer, staring at the screen, and speaks one word with a distinct note of fear in her voice.]

...Mommy?

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[beingdifferent]

What variety of locations? Has any of this happened to you? I don't understand this at all. Floods are supposed to have water, not magic.

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[theantiaya]

[There was a brief pause on Aya's end. She continued to hesitate referring to the effects of either events magic, even though they defied all logic and even reality.]

I have experienced several instances of each, yes.

It is not something that can be accurately described until one has experienced it first-hand.

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[beingdifferent]

Ah! That I understand. Thank you for explaining to me. What is your name?

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[theantiaya]

You may call me Aya.

And yourself?

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[beingdifferent]

Esther. Thank you, Aya.

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[theantiaya]

[Hn. She does not respond to the words of gratitude, but lightly nods her head in acknowledgement. There was little else to be said at this time, so she moved to end the feed.]

We will converse again, Esther.

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[beingdifferent]

I would like that.