Epilogue, Part I

"Excuse me. Are you Adia Costas?"

Looking up from her microscope, Adia's gaze immediately fell on the tall, willowy Cylon standing next to her makeshift workstation. She was a Six, but not one that Adia recognized. "That's me." She smiled politely. "How can I help you, um...?"

The blonde quirked a smile. "I haven't picked a name yet. Six is fine."

"Oh, okay." It felt awkward to repeat her question, so instead she cleared the area next to her of water samples so that the other woman would have somewhere to sit. "Nice to meet you, Six."

Six's smile broadened. "Julia said that I could find you here," she remarked while sitting down. Despite her long limbs, she managed to look quite comfortable lounging on the small metal folding chair. "She's very fond of you, by the way. I hope she hasn't been bothering you? I know that our model can be a little overwhelming at times."

Adia shook her head. "No, no. She's been fine." Even if that self-assessment was surprisingly accurate. "She's a good friend."

"From what she's told me, it's not all that difficult to be friends with you." Despite the light-hearted tone, Six was giving her a rather keen stare. "I hope you'll forgive me, then, for skipping over any small talk and getting right to the point. The Five you knew as Caspar Millen is alive, and he's asking to see you."
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A little help, please? ((for westfallcorndog))

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.