"We've come a long way since then - it hasn't been as long for Dairine, going by when we're each from home, but..."
She trails off, shaking her head; time travel was always a headache!
"I don't know if the missions allow for that by default; I know I've had a lot of fun while on errantry, but it's not the same as having time off, y'know? And some of the work we do... fun seems to be beside the point, almost, or contrary to it."
It was something she'd thought about, while helping Tevaral's population evacuate their doomed homeworld; like eating in front of starving children without offering them anything, she'd put it.
Curufin's question distracts her from her line of thought; in response, she says,
"It needs us, but it's almost as if it doesn't want to rely on us? Emotionally-speaking."
Nita's expression drifts back into one of concern.
"Sometimes, since Jema'grethy, I'll get a clearer sense of something? But it'll still close that door, that link. Like it doesn't want to be caught out getting close, or enjoying it."
The closing had been gentle, mind, but the sentiment felt true all the same.
The whiplash between this and the post-meeting threads is real. XDD
She trails off, shaking her head; time travel was always a headache!
"I don't know if the missions allow for that by default; I know I've had a lot of fun while on errantry, but it's not the same as having time off, y'know? And some of the work we do... fun seems to be beside the point, almost, or contrary to it."
It was something she'd thought about, while helping Tevaral's population evacuate their doomed homeworld; like eating in front of starving children without offering them anything, she'd put it.
Curufin's question distracts her from her line of thought; in response, she says,
"It needs us, but it's almost as if it doesn't want to rely on us? Emotionally-speaking."
Nita's expression drifts back into one of concern.
"Sometimes, since Jema'grethy, I'll get a clearer sense of something? But it'll still close that door, that link. Like it doesn't want to be caught out getting close, or enjoying it."
The closing had been gentle, mind, but the sentiment felt true all the same.