[At her sudden movement, Siffrin does nearly leap to jump her in a panic. But he's too late, and the action is aborted as the image flickers across the rift. It's only for a few moments, but Siffrin is frozen watching it, wide-eyed as the rift closes again.]
Wh...what was that?
[In truth, he's forgotten more than he can remember. Whether or not that brief moment would have been from an age before everything was voided is a toss-up. But he knows instinctively that the familiar faces are wrong. It's the people from here, not the life he's missing, it's something else and it feels like salt in the gaping wound of his missing memories, a half-step from what he wants to remember. That's from this place, and that's not where he's from, because he's from–
The thought is as slippery as ever, but he clings to it desperately. Home, home, home is to the north, it's–
The pain of their hand being crushed feels distant, but they try to focus in on it. It's grounding, at least. They squeeze Loop's hand back just as tight and breathe, in and out.]
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Wh...what was that?
[In truth, he's forgotten more than he can remember. Whether or not that brief moment would have been from an age before everything was voided is a toss-up. But he knows instinctively that the familiar faces are wrong. It's the people from here, not the life he's missing, it's something else and it feels like salt in the gaping wound of his missing memories, a half-step from what he wants to remember. That's from this place, and that's not where he's from, because he's from–
The thought is as slippery as ever, but he clings to it desperately. Home, home, home is to the north, it's–
The pain of their hand being crushed feels distant, but they try to focus in on it. It's grounding, at least. They squeeze Loop's hand back just as tight and breathe, in and out.]