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Um. Hi. I'm Henry.

[ He knows full well how to use a smartphone so there's no awkwardness there, it's more the fact that he's addressing people he can't see and hasn't even met in person yet. They all do it so it's nothing new, it's just figuring out how to start this that has him fumbling for words for a moment. Some people might not even really care who he is and what his name is, but he likes to be friendly. Might as well be authentic, even in a place like this. ]

I've been here for a few weeks now, I...haven't met a lot of people yet. And I was thinking about where we all come from.

[ There's a lot to fear or at least be worried about when it comes to this place, so idle chitchat like what he's initiating might not be super welcomed by everyone, but messages like these are easy to ignore, he figures. He's curious and he wants to know people better; the ones who are willing to listen and respond, anyway. ]

I know of a lot of places, some of them...kind of bad. But I didn't know a place like this could exist. So. I was thinking maybe there are places even worse than this out there. Or maybe more places like where I come from, where things are more...normal. Ish. [ The 'ish' is because, well, his hometown doesn't even technically exist. But that's a story for another time. ] What's your home like? Is this place better than what you left behind?

[ And, because he is a teenage boy: ] What do you miss most? I miss really good New York pizza. And my family. I really miss my family, but at least my mom's here. Well, one of them, at least. [ Oh. Right. That's another story. That'll have to wait. ]

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Hi, Ciri. It's nice to meet you. I mean...sort of. [ This isn't necessarily the typical introduction, not meeting in person, but it works. Her home sounds really terrible in some ways. Depressing, with people warring over things they shouldn't be, from the sound of it. ] I'm sorry your home is like that. I wish...I wish people didn't hurt each other. If you have monsters there, why can't everyone just work together to fight the monsters instead of each other?

[ That's the idealist in him talking. He smiles a little when she speaks of her family, though. ] Family is everything. I miss mine, too - when I left, they...they were gone. Something happened to them. [ He just doesn't know what, unfortunately. But he was the only one left. ]

That would be nice but unfortunately those that lead these wars are rarely the ones facing down monsters in the field. We do not let them roam freely, we witchers are professional monster slayers and protecting those that need it is very important to me.

[ it would be nice though. ciri imagines she was the same once, a long time ago before her home was burned to the ground and her grandmother killed. ] I was away from my family for a very long time. I was trying to protect... by staying away but it was hard when all I wanted was to see them and be with them.

Oh. Wow, you...slay monsters for a living? I didn't really know much about monsters before I came here. All I know are some stories in my books.

[ And those stories are much different from reality. ]

Did you leave because of what you do? Is that what you were trying to protect them from?

I do, I started training when I was quite young. It is very hard work but fulfilling too.

[ she loves it and it probably shows in the way she beams, smiling. ]

In a way but not because I hunt monsters. The man I consider to be my father, he's a witcher too and the one that trained me. He is perhaps the best in the world. I left because I have... [ ah, how to explain this? ] I have special powers that other people, bad people want and who would do anything to get it. I did not want those people hurting them to get to me.

[ That honestly sounds really cool to Henry. The monster slayer part, not the being separated from family part, because that really sucks. ]

It's really cool, what you do for a living, but I'm sorry you couldn't be with your family for a while. You...won't be in danger here, right? Those bad people can't get to you here and hurt you? [ He seems genuinely concerned about this. ]

[ she's taken aback for just a moment to be asked such a question. without much thought, her hand goes to the scar on her face and she rubs it thoughtfully. ]

I do believe I will be safe here from them, yes. The worst of them could travel to different worlds but they were also destroyed in battle not that long ago.

Edited 2016-04-13 00:34 (UTC)

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