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[ By now, Claire has a grasp on how communicating with others works, and after writing out her thoughts to be sure she knows exactly what she'd like to send, she sits back in her chair. Her handwriting of choice is neat and slightly slanted. ]

𝑀𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑟. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑚, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑. 𝑇𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑎 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟, 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑚𝑎 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ. 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑦.

𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡: 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑢𝑠𝑒. 𝐴𝑙𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠. 𝐼𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑙𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙, 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦.

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑢𝑛𝑛, 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒. 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 (𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠) 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛. 𝐾𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑦, 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒.

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𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒.

[ There is a particular boost of serotonin when she sees or hears her official title paired with Jamie's name, but there's no need for it now. ]

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙; 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡, 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙. 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑟.

[ It's a particular sense of calm that allows a person to dress a wound while bombs and gunfire happen all around. Granted, she doesn't think they have that sort of situation on hand, but if the situation is dangerous when people are found, she isn't afraid to walk right into the fray. ]

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑁𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑒'𝑠, 𝑚𝑎𝑦, 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑢𝑠𝑒. 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛, 𝐼'𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝑠𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘.

[ She's unsure what others might think elsewhere, but this is what she knows, and back when she arrived, Claire meant it when she said she would help in any way she could while on this star. ]

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We had a lot of first-hand experience after the bombing of Libertas a few months back. I think it's wise to be overly cautious and expect the worst in this situation so we will be ready. We are working hard on the tracking tech upgrades right now, so I do think the healers should be prepared to be support for whatever rescue may end up happening. Finding them may only be a part of the problem if the people keeping them plan on fighting back.

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𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒? 𝐼𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠?

[ That information, if correct, makes her heart plummet to her stomach. It is just another war after all. Always, always another war. And for what, in the end? People who are traumatized, injured, or worse.

Unfortunately for Jayce, this has captured her attention and for now she's distracted from the point of her message in the first place. ]

[hextechhead]

Yes, I'm afraid so. About five-six months ago. After the diplomatic meeting in Nocwich, the first week it opened, there was an attack made on our Summoned delegates from each place. One of Thorne's mages was killed. Thorne believed the Free Cities were responsible so they magically bombed the city of Libertas here in Free Cities. Many of us have been working hard on rebuilding it since, but it was devastated by the attack.

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𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛?

[ It's difficult to relay disgust, but she is. Completely, and unutterably angry. ]

[hextechhead]

If what she wanted was the needless suffering of innocents on a massive level, she got it.

Free Cities retaliated by burning crops in Thorne which may have caused starving, again among innocents, we seemed on the verge of war, and then there was a meditation in Luna about two months ago. While peace wasn't exactly declared, we came off of it with less aggression. And then this happened.

[beautifullies]

𝑂ℎ, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑒.

[ She doesn't necessarily mean for that to go through, and she rubs her forehead in frustration when it does. ]

𝐼 𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑧𝑒, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼'𝑚 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑟. 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟.

[ Heaving a sigh, Claire adds: ]

𝑂𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑. 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑.

[hextechhead]

I understand, believe me. It was terrible in every possible way. Maybe it's the optimist not quite dead in me yet to think them being forced to work together to rescue our missing people would mean something.

[ Jayce is probably a little too idealistic even now, after seeing all he's seen. Old habits die hard. ]

[beautifullies]

𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠.

[ She never mistook this star for placid, but she'd had no idea the extent of the violence. And there's never anything wrong with wanting things to go right, so Claire doesn't mention it could be anyone orchestrating the kidnappings, they've no clue yet. ]

𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑒'𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟.

[hextechhead]

My sister is one of them.

[beautifullies]

𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑙𝑦. 𝑆ℎ𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝐽𝑎𝑦𝑐𝑒.

[ As much as she's a realist, she's not someone to punch down, either. She means it, she hopes his sister is found safely or makes her way to him. ]

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒?

[hextechhead]

My partner Viktor and I are technology experts, we had a tracker on one of them, we think we may be able to pinpoint it eventually. People have been helping by bringing receivers around the continent to try and get location pings. We've gotten some data, just not an exact location yet.

[ But they're on it. As much as possible. ]

Caitlyn. She's a very competent fighter and detective, I'm sure she's in there organizing things.

[ Wishful thinking. He's panicked. ]

[beautifullies]

𝑊𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑦𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔. 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒.

[ Claire doesn't have a sister, but she does have family that she'd be just as panicked over. They've no idea what's happening, how bad it is, or if anyone is in shape to lead. ]

𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤.

1 of 2

[hextechhead]

I'm sure we'll have plenty to talk about when we get a location and need to back up the rescue.

2 of 2

[hextechhead]

[ooc: a little later dated, after given permission to go to Solvunn!]

Dr. Fraser, I believe a few of us will be on our way to Solvunn in person, perhaps we can talk about next steps in person.

[beautifullies]

[ Claire's still getting as prepared as she can, worrying further, day by day. When she receives Jayce's message, she stops what she's doing, wiping her hands on her apron. ]

𝐼𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛? 𝑂𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑦𝑒𝑠, 𝐼'𝑚 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑒, 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑠, 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦. 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡.

[ It's been long time since she's felt as though she were waiting for a battle, preparing, and then being able to do nothing but wait for the moment everything begins. ]