Accidental Voice

[redlikecrimson]

[The computer comes on in the middle of what is apparently a phone conversation.]

Yeah. It's good to hear your voice too.

[Aya's voice almost sounds a little pained...saddened.]

I am. I'm...I'm happy.

[He lets out a little laugh.]

I know. I'm sorry.

[A pause.]

You're happy, right? Where you are?

[A longer pause.]

...Take care. I love you, Aya. [The snap of a cellphone being shut then the sounds of being taken apart as the recording ends.]

Comments

[redlikecrimson]

Roze...

Thank you. Really.

[makewayforroze]

You're welcome. Please use the offer, if you need it.

[redlikecrimson]

I wouldn't know where to begin.

[makewayforroze]

Who was on the phone?

[redlikecrimson]

...My sister.

[makewayforroze]

Then you used her name here?

[redlikecrimson]

Not just here.

[makewayforroze]

What's going on with her to make you so sad?

[redlikecrimson]

I haven't seen her for a long time.

[makewayforroze]

Then isn't it nice to hear from her?

[redlikecrimson]

It is. It was good to hear her voice.

[makewayforroze]

But you would like to see her. Why don't you?

[redlikecrimson]

[The danger to her...]

She's on the other side of the planet.

[makewayforroze]

Some of the members of the community can world hop. They can get you to her very quickly.

[redlikecrimson]

No. Not for this. Hoping between worlds isn't the same as traveling to another country in the same world.

[makewayforroze]

It's possible to do it and no one gets hurt.

[redlikecrimson]

No. Not for this.

[makewayforroze]

Is there another reason?

[redlikecrimson]

It's better this way.

[makewayforroze]

How is it better to separate family? I'm sure she wants to see you, too.

[redlikecrimson]

It's complicated.