[Her jaw tightens, and she lets out a slow breath.]
...yes. Vividly. I still have nightmares, from time to time, I remember it so well. ...I was taken here from the night of the Masquerade that your execution kicked off, and the Ilya I met here at that point had already been here for some time.
[She mulls that over, deflates a little, then hugs him tighter.]
If it's a different timeline thing, well... whatever. Where or whenever you got pulled in from, it doesn't make you any less my big brother, though... you're going to have a lot of people who recognize you without you being able to say the same, sorry. Just... chalk it up to weird magic for now, until we get you settled. Have they given you the whole welcome spiel yet?
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...yes. Vividly. I still have nightmares, from time to time, I remember it so well. ...I was taken here from the night of the Masquerade that your execution kicked off, and the Ilya I met here at that point had already been here for some time.
[She mulls that over, deflates a little, then hugs him tighter.]
If it's a different timeline thing, well... whatever. Where or whenever you got pulled in from, it doesn't make you any less my big brother, though... you're going to have a lot of people who recognize you without you being able to say the same, sorry. Just... chalk it up to weird magic for now, until we get you settled. Have they given you the whole welcome spiel yet?