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[scarletcast]

For those of you who have [ pause, a low hum, ] superpowers. Has this place ever taken them from you?

​​[ A beat. ]

If you wish to speak in person, I will be in the park. In the red jacket.

​​[ She has ways of being completely private, but that's a little invasive and not something to advertise. Anyone heading to the park to speak to her or in the vicinity will see a young woman on a bench, with a thermos full of tea next to her, steam rising off the cup clasped in her hands. ]

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[pellameno]

Neither did I. Maybe it's beyond words.

[ There's another burst of feeling, something grateful -- for her, for her ability, for the fact that he can have something familiar as well even here. ]

Show me something you like from your home?

action;

[scarletcast]

[ It's a curious experience: feeling the gratitude take root and bloom in the span of a few short seconds. Slowly the cautious brushes get less so, and she reaches out. Something she likes? The question startles her; happiness is -- a streak of silver, too fast to see, Pietro laughing. In her memories he is fierce: teasing her, or his brows drawn together sharing her anger. She focuses on one single image to project: him sewing her a dress. They are fifteen, hiding in an old apartment downtown. ]

This was my home.