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[The person in the video might look familiar to some, if slightly more tired and banged up than usual. Still, despite the bruise on his forehead and the dark streaks of ash on his face and clothes his eyes are bright, indicating to anyone even slightly acquainted with him that he's about to say something ridiculous.]

Surprise, bitch, I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me.

[His voice is a little weak but he delivers the line with all the sassiness it deserves, before suddenly offering a grin.]

Okay, so like maybe two people here got that reference, but I so don't care. I punched a shark, so I can make whatever meme references I want.

[That's how it works, right?}

So um... Who's still here, I guess? Or who's new? How long have I been gone, because it feels like no time and like, a long time all at once. Sort of.

[He blinks a few times, smile fading a bit, mostly because he's totally exhausted.]

I'm um... I'm Chris, by the way. Been here before and whatever so... Got the general idea. The sharks are sort of new, though. Fucking sharks, man.

[Really, what even.]

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[Glacius isn't entirely sure what a "wendigo" is either, but he has some hazy memories of a frigid, dark dreamscape where they were both beset by spindly, shrieking beasts. It seems like the sort of thing that would be in poor taste to dig up.

Thank you... I appreciate you saying that. Perhaps this is a bit hopeful of me to ask, but I don't supposed your repeated passage through the Door has gleaned you any insight as to its workings?

I wish. That'd've been cool.

[And useful, and had a point to the whole mess.]

I mean um, the only insight I might be able to say is that I'm not the first person from my world that's left and come back; Mike's done it like twice, and Sam's been back once.

Oh--"cool"! Emily taught me that. Yes, it would have been neat or interesting! [But human slang is sort of a tangent, and the alien seems to realize that belatedly after his initial excitement over actually getting human slang for once fades.] Ah... ehm. I mean.. I am sorry, that question was probably not in the best of taste. Home can be a... touchy subject for some. I'm sorry if this was difficult for you... I don't really know if being here is better or worse, but... at least there are a lot of people here who are very happy to have you back, myself included.

[He grins again; he's forgotten briefly that Glacius isn't as familiar with human slang as he--off course--is, but he seemed to have gotten this one and he sounds so thrilled about it that Chris can't help but be a little cheered up.]

Yeah, exactly.

[He shakes his head a little at the next comments.]

No, it's um, it's okay. I'm... Glad to be back, I think, and I mean I wasn't really gone any length of time for me, but it's um... Really nice to know people cared I was gone.

[And are glad he's back. It makes everything a lot less terrible.]

Well. It may not have seemed long at all for you, but it has been some time for us, and we are better for having you back. Is there anything you need to help you settle in?

Thanks. Nah, I think I'm okay; a little sleep'll help a lot.

[Fighting monsters all night is exhausting.]

I'll um, let you know if that changes, though. Have things been okay for you?

[As okay as things ever are here, anyway?]

Very well. [And then Chris counters with a question of his own, taking the alien off guard, and he stutters for a moment. He's just come out the other side of a particular rough patch that would take a very long time to fully explain, and he doesn't want to heap all that on Chris' shoulders when he's just settling back in. In the end he just gives a rueful chuckle and tries to shorthand it as much as possible.] Not exactly... but thanks to my friends, I have managed to come out the other side, and have recovered well. All things considered I am fortunate, I suppose.

[It's not super easy to read Glacius, but the combination of the little chuckle and the short, vague answer makes it clear enough that no, things didn't go all that well.]

Well um... I'm glad is wasn't worse then, I guess, though that doesn't mean whatever happened didn't suck.

As am I. [He was dying, there was no way around it, and yet Chris has a point--it could have been worse. He could have been without friends that cared enough about him to take notE of the little biological quirks his people could utilize--friends who were willing to do whatever it took to enable him to make use of them, going so far as to bargain with the gods and expend their own energy to make it a reality. Carlisle and Emily did everything that they could to pull him back form that brink, and the ice alien would never forget it.

And that brings up a thought:] Say, perhaps there is something you could help me with now that you're back. Emily was one of the people that enabled my recovery, and she has always done so much for me. I very much want to find a way to express my appreciation for her, but there are only so many turnips I can bring before it seems that I... am running out of ideas. [Yes, that's right, no one has told him yet. Look what you did, Chris.] Perhaps some time after you have had time to rest and settle in, we could meet up and discuss some other interests of hers that could lead to a more meaningful expression of my thanks?

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