i told you i would be there

[theluckygirl]

WHO: Claire and Matt; CLOSED
WHEN: June 28th
WHAT: An old friend arrives
WHERE: At the sign and then Gazin
WARNINGS: None yet, will update

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It's hard to say whether Claire is happy to see him or if seeing his familiar face helps ground her, makes her remember that she's from somewhere and not endlessly floating between universes. Seeing him should make being homesick less intense and yet, home is a direct reminder of the days leading up to arriving at the settlement; the place where she was before here.

No matter how she was feeling, Claire instinctively moves closer, actually into his space and lets her eyes rove over his face as if he's a figment of the imagination or an imposter. He should be dead.

"Yeah," Claire sounds quiet, tears threatening in her eyes. "Funny how that keeps happening, too.

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[theluckygirl]

Talking about relationships wasn't anything Claire was willing to do. Not at the moment. Not when she feels that twist of foolishness in thinking that 'helping' them only constituted help in the physical sense of the word. But that had less to do with Luke and more to do with Matt. Did she miss him? Absolutely. Did she still care about him? Beyond words. Even despite knowing where Matt's focus was back in their world, she knew it wouldn't be long before this place pulls that focus, too.

No, feelings were better left reined in. They were too much trouble.

She smiles. It never fails to amaze her how his senses work.

"Nothing gets past you, does it?" she laughs softly. "If I had to guess, we're in the medieval era of this world. Gazin, so far, is the only bigger town in the area and it's in a province called Farsennia, in a place most around here just call the 'World'.