ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ sʟᴇᴇᴘ ᴇsᴄᴀᴘᴇ ᴍᴇ

[persequor]

ᴘʀɪᴠᴀᴛᴇ
I feel like I'm going mad. I keep forgetting things. This morning I woke up and I couldn't remember your voice. [ her voice breaks. ] I kept trying, but it was gone. I couldn't remember it at all. I was really scared. I thought I was going to forget you completely. I don't want to forget. If I forget… [ she trails off. quieter, she continues. ] When will you come, Father? We need you here.

[ A pause as she tries to add some semblance of happiness to her voice. ] I'm doing my prayers every night, Father. I'm working. I earn mine own coin now. And I've got really good with Needle. When you get here, I'll show you. I'll make you proud, I promise.

I wish you were here.


ᴅɪᴄᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ
How normal is forgetting?


ᴀʟʟᴇɴ ᴡᴀʟᴋᴇʀ
[ considering how curt and frantic she had been, she figures she owes him an apology. ]

Um, I'm sorry. For my behavior that night. And...thank you.

Comments

Forever

[persequor]

Even important things?

[selfless]

Sometimes. Here I think it happens more often because of the castle, but it can happen for other reasons too.

[persequor]

Like what?

[selfless]

A lot of time can pass, or a person could get injured and loose parts of their memory.

[persequor]

[ Neither of which has happened to her. ]

Thank you for telling me.

[selfless]

You're welcome.

[a brief pause] Did someone you know forget something important?

[persequor]

No.

[selfless]

Oh. It was just something you were thinking about?

[persequor]

[ No. ] Yes.

[selfless]

I see... It's a complicated thing to think about! Hopefully lots of people will reply and share their point of view.

[persequor]

[ No response. ]

[selfless]

... Hello?

[persequor]

What?

[selfless]

You stopped talking! I thought you left.

[persequor]

I have naught else to say.

[selfless]

Oh, I guess that is a good reason to stop talking.

[a pause....]

We could talk about something else instead?

[persequor]

What do you want to talk about?

[selfless]

If it's okay, I'd like to know more about you. Since we just met... there's a lot I don't know.

[persequor]

What do you want to know?

[selfless]

Hm... where do you come from?

[persequor]

The North.

[selfless]

North of what?

[persequor]

The North. It's part of the Seven Kingdoms.

[selfless]

Oh, I see. [she's going to go out on a limb here and guess]

Is it very cold there?

[persequor]

Sometimes.