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Dec. 3rd, 2024 06:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
[In the middle of the night, a message appears on the network, not from Crow, but from his Shadow, Hiro.]
I saw Margaret-san in the Velvet Room today.
It's not an unusual sight. She is, first and foremost, a Velvet Room attendant.
But back home, she hasn't been since the Velvet Room was compromised three years ago.
[Well, more than three, after all the time spent here, but that hardly counts.]
It's different when you miss someone who isn't here. I miss Dad every day, but there isn't a cognitive version of him here to pour salt in the wound.
I'm sure this Margaret-san is a kind person. She always has been, but she isn't the woman who slowly became a part of our family after being exiled from the Velvet Room.
Crow is doing a far better job coping. I suppose he isn't as fragile as me.
But also, it's strange seeing her as she was and not the woman who may very well become our stepmother at this rate.
[Make what you will of that.]
I saw Margaret-san in the Velvet Room today.
It's not an unusual sight. She is, first and foremost, a Velvet Room attendant.
But back home, she hasn't been since the Velvet Room was compromised three years ago.
[Well, more than three, after all the time spent here, but that hardly counts.]
It's different when you miss someone who isn't here. I miss Dad every day, but there isn't a cognitive version of him here to pour salt in the wound.
I'm sure this Margaret-san is a kind person. She always has been, but she isn't the woman who slowly became a part of our family after being exiled from the Velvet Room.
Crow is doing a far better job coping. I suppose he isn't as fragile as me.
But also, it's strange seeing her as she was and not the woman who may very well become our stepmother at this rate.
[Make what you will of that.]