A little help, please? ((for westfallcorndog))

[chiron_survivor]

Caspar is alive.

Caspar is alive and he wants to see her.

Today.

Never in her life has she been more distracted. She has an entire day of research to get through, and all she can think about is Caspar. What is he going to say? What is she going to say?

She needs advice, but she can't ask Maggie or Seth. They don't even know that Caspar survived. She could maybe ask Captain Agathon...

No, he has far more important things to do. And anyway, maybe it's better if she asks someone who isn't quite so close to the situation...

Hiding in a small grove of trees not far from the lab, she pulls out her PINpoint and scrolls through her contact list until she reaches the name of the one person who has been the most sympathetic to her romantic troubles, who would have the greatest insight into Caspar and his motivations.

Hi, Harrowheart. Do you have time to talk right now via text? I could use a little advice. Thanks.

She lets about ten seconds go by before sending another text.

It's just that it turns out that Caspar is alive after all because he was on Galactica and not the enemy base, and he got shot but he's better now and he wants to see me today and I don't know what to say or do and I'm worried that he'll be mean to me again but I'm hoping he won't and if you could let me know if you got this text and get back to me soon that'd be really great, thank you!

Wow, her PINpoint has a crazy long character limit for texts.

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[chiron_survivor]

She sighs and leans back against the rough but familiar bark of the poplar tree behind her. His answer to her heart hurting is one she can live with -- if she's learned anything from her time on that Nightmare ship, it's that pretending things don't hurt only makes them worse later on. She hasn't denied or ignored her feelings about Caspar since.

Although it's a lot easier to make peace with the dead. A lot harder to deal with one's emotions when that dead person keeps popping back into your life and giving you new reasons to be upset with them...

Sighing again, she looks away from her screen and rubs at her forehead. By the time she looks back, there is a new text, one that stops her thoughts short. Something she's not ready to answer?

I don't know. I don't think so.

If I can't forgive him right away, I don't want him to rush me.

[westfallcorndog]

Both men shake their heads at that text.

You can't rush forgiveness.

A few seconds pass after another glance Lawrence's way. Harrow's lips press into a thin line, and hesitantly he continues.

What about other humans? They might not forgive him like you do. Are you ready for that?

[chiron_survivor]

In contrast to most of her other responses, this one comes without delay.

It's their decision whether to forgive him or not, but I'm not going to let that influence me and I'm not going to hide my feelings.

Not anymore.

[westfallcorndog]

Harrowheart's thumbs quickly get to work.

Then you know what it is time to do. You have to go to him.

He looks to his brother, who quickly nods. It's time to let Adia go. Whatever happens after this is her path to navigate.

Harrowheart hits send and turns his phone over. Whatever happens with Caspar he's sure he'll know the next time he sees Adia.

[chiron_survivor]

She reads over the message, then peeks out from around her tree, back in the direction of her lab. And eventually Caspar.

To keep the conversation going at this point would be stalling. He's right. Time to go.

Thank you for all the advice, Harrowheart. I'll let you know how it goes.

Her next text doesn't come until hours and hours later. It's short and simple, buffered on either end by heart emojis.

He loves me!