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[ Angela's found herself a hiding place (though it isn't a very good one) in the theater, sitting in the back row. Her face is buried in her hands, and three guesses as to what she's doing, and the first two don't count. ]

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[Wanders in, brooding about something himself, though it's about immortality, not missing persons. As soon as he hears the crying, he hunts out it's source.]

Angy? What is it? What's wrong?

Edited 2008-06-08 14:47 (UTC)

[ Hope you don't mind your shirt getting wet, Firo, because you're so getting clung onto now. ] My mother, she. Gone. Can't find her. [ Blubber blubber, Angela's good at this crying thing. ]

[O.o And have him putting his arms around you protectively, Angela, and bugger to the shirt.] Woah, steady, steady, Angy. [Gently,] How do you know she's missing? I mean, I believe you that she is, but how did you find out? What happened?

Breath deep, okay? Steady up. It'll be all right, yeah? We'll figure it out.

[Sometimes Firo is very glad to have 'experience' far beyond his own. It means he sometimes knows how to handle these sorts of situations.]

[ Deep breath, deep breath. ] Dino appeared here, saying a friend of his vanished... Then Li... And all I could think was that it was kind of cold this morning when I got up. I went to find her and she wasn't in her room, she wasn't in the throne room, I told the guards and no one could find her in the castle, so we searched the city and the snowfields...

[ She shakes her head. ] She's not in Altena, it's... It's getting colder there, it was starting to snow. Firo, it's going to freeze over, I can't keep it warm on my own..!

[Puts his hands on either side of her face, feeling a little self-conscious and trying to talk her down the same way Maiza would do for a shell-shocked rookie who'd been in a gunfight.]

Easy, easy, ssshhhh. One thing at a time. Okay? Yeah. Let's think, yeah? It's not just you. It's gotta be something about this place, so... There's that. There's something to start with. But, here, let's think. What do you have to do, to keep the city warm? Can you... could you evacuate people? Out of the city, or to one part of it, so you can keep that area warm while you look for her and not worry about the rest? Would that be easier?

Maybe, if we could move everyone into the castle. But I don't know if everyone would fit. There's a whole city. And the guards and the magicians could get fires going... It's a start at least.

I just wish I knew where she was, if she'll be coming back. Goddess, if she doesn't come back... [ The tears are starting to well up again. ]

Shhh, shhh. Angy, it's rough, but your people gotta be your first concern. You're their leader right now, their leader first, even if it hurts. [Squeezes her shoulders] Gotta provide for them. Show them you're your mom's kid, right? And then you can find her. You will find her.

I know... I know. That's why I didn't want them to see me crying. These were the people telling me what to do yesterday, but now everyone's looking to me. [ Sniff, she rubs her eyes on the back of her glove. ] I didn't realize I was so not ready for this.

[Have a Patented Awkward Manhug, Angela.] Yeah, well, that's what life does, huh? We're never really ready. Just gotta do our best with what we got on hand.

[ Have a regular, squishy Angela hug back, Firo. She's not shy about the hugses. ] Thank you, Firo.

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