[She nods in agreement because that's probably true.]
Or they moved on to believe in other ones. People where I'm from tend to believe in what they need at the time.
[She's not saying it's right or true, but it's what they need and Cora isn't going to judge them for it. She believed in a lot of things for a long time with no proof.]
[She pauses, considering for a moment because that ... is a question. The Hales haven't exactly been faithful in the traditional sense, they don't have gods or even God. But they still have their beliefs. It's just not exactly the thing that's easy to word.]
Not ... gods or anything like that. We weren't religious and ... what happened to use didn't exactly encourage me to go find God. But growing up a wolf you're taught to believe in the safety of the pack, in your alpha. That we don't have to be killers just because of what we are - that it's a choice we make.
[A pause.]
For a long time I ... I had to believe that I would find my family again, one way or another. It was probably the only way I survived.
[And in some ways she was right. Derek was here, even if he didn't remember, and Peter was alive - though that information was more of a mixed bag when she heard some of the things he'd done.]
Yeah, but the Veil ... it doesn't always work in a linear way.
[There's a pause as she tries to figure out the best way to word it.]
There are a few people here from my world, other than my brother. One person knew me, but I hadn't met him yet at home - like months ahead. And it couldn't have been me forgetting because of the Veil.
[Her reaction to the full moon pretty much guaranteed that she arrived exactly when she thought she did.]
Before I fell through the Veil I was kept in this vault for three months. It was made of a stone that scattered the moonlight so we couldn't feel it. The alpha who was doing it was treating it like ... starving the lions in a coliseum. Taking our tolerance and control away we would tear whatever was in front of us to shreds when we actually felt the moon again. I didn't feel the moon until I fell through the Veil.
But Stiles knew me from Beacon Hills, and I hadn't been back home before that.
[At least that she could remember. The past six years are still coming up empty, but she's fairly certain she didn't have a reason to go home before that.]
There's also a girl here who remembers letting us out of the vault, but no one had let me out yet before I got here.
If I had been let out of the vault and felt the moon, I wouldn't have had the bad shift in London and the knights wouldn't have found me. I wouldn't be here.
[She would have kept on hiding, just like she did before. Flying under the radar because that's what she did. She'd still be alone.]
[She glances back at him, before nodding in agreement.]
Yeah. That's all.
[She'll take another crack at him later, once she's done being less of a brat. But she's going to stick around the med tent - it's where she feels the most useful more often than not. See you later, Lan.]
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[She nods in agreement because that's probably true.]
Or they moved on to believe in other ones. People where I'm from tend to believe in what they need at the time.
[She's not saying it's right or true, but it's what they need and Cora isn't going to judge them for it. She believed in a lot of things for a long time with no proof.]
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Not ... gods or anything like that. We weren't religious and ... what happened to use didn't exactly encourage me to go find God. But growing up a wolf you're taught to believe in the safety of the pack, in your alpha. That we don't have to be killers just because of what we are - that it's a choice we make.
[A pause.]
For a long time I ... I had to believe that I would find my family again, one way or another. It was probably the only way I survived.
[And in some ways she was right. Derek was here, even if he didn't remember, and Peter was alive - though that information was more of a mixed bag when she heard some of the things he'd done.]
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It's not much, but it's enough.
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Do you think they still could? People don't always arrive from the same time. Maybe they might show up here.
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[There's a pause as she tries to figure out the best way to word it.]
There are a few people here from my world, other than my brother. One person knew me, but I hadn't met him yet at home - like months ahead. And it couldn't have been me forgetting because of the Veil.
[Her reaction to the full moon pretty much guaranteed that she arrived exactly when she thought she did.]
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[She takes a breath.]
Before I fell through the Veil I was kept in this vault for three months. It was made of a stone that scattered the moonlight so we couldn't feel it. The alpha who was doing it was treating it like ... starving the lions in a coliseum. Taking our tolerance and control away we would tear whatever was in front of us to shreds when we actually felt the moon again. I didn't feel the moon until I fell through the Veil.
But Stiles knew me from Beacon Hills, and I hadn't been back home before that.
[At least that she could remember. The past six years are still coming up empty, but she's fairly certain she didn't have a reason to go home before that.]
There's also a girl here who remembers letting us out of the vault, but no one had let me out yet before I got here.
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If I had been let out of the vault and felt the moon, I wouldn't have had the bad shift in London and the knights wouldn't have found me. I wouldn't be here.
[She would have kept on hiding, just like she did before. Flying under the radar because that's what she did. She'd still be alone.]
It's biology. Not my memory.
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What do you mean?
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I didn't forget how to control my wolf.
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Whatever.
[And we're back to insolent teenager.]
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Yeah. That's all.
[She'll take another crack at him later, once she's done being less of a brat. But she's going to stick around the med tent - it's where she feels the most useful more often than not. See you later, Lan.]