El Nysa Overflow

[song_of_ice]

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[song_of_ice]

[As much as he didn't want to be pulled into any conflict, he was slowly finding himself drawn more and more to one side over the other.]

My family chose Olympia. So long as they are here, it will be my home.

[Not "home" home, but it wasn't meaningless either.]

It isn't a war I want to see.

[oddbod]

Your family's here?

[She seems cheered a bit by the thought.]

[song_of_ice]

They are, some of them. My sister and father are awake and my brother and younger sister were for a short time.

[But not anymore.]

Do you have family here?

[oddbod]

[A quiet shake of her head. Her expression is mournful at the edges, but she doesn't want to bring the mood too far down.]

Nah. They were all on my home planet. But we'd parted ways before the storm even came.

[song_of_ice]

I'm sorry. That can't be an easy thing. Were they saved?

[He did his best to smile in sympathy, if only to keep a certain lightness to the conversation.]

[oddbod]

[She shakes her head, trying not to look too sad. This is a party, after all.]

I have a friend in stasis, but that seems to be all.

[song_of_ice]

Have you met others here? New friends?

[Sometimes that could be better than family.]

I hope your friend wakes soon.

[oddbod]

[A dismissive shrug. She sort of wishes she still had her drink, so she could occupy her hands with the glass.]

Acquaintances, mainly. A few coworkers. No one I'd stop off at the pub with, really.

[song_of_ice]

That could change in time? We don't know how long we will be here, but we're not in this alone.

We have to face the Storm together.

[oddbod]

Well-spoken. Very leaderly.

[She smiles, thin and amused.]