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[dorkasaurus_rex]

[Billy's a little too close to the camera to start, edging back and flashing an uncertain smile, offering a small wave before he seems to think maybe that's a little too lame.]

Hey- um...I'm new here, I guess? I'm Billy. I don't really-...

[He breaks off with a frown.]

My parents are gonna be really worried about me, so if anyone knows how to get back home? I know we're supposed to help, but I really need to get back to my family.

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[kree_soldieress]

[Ah, he's not screaming]

Hello to you as well. Did you just arrive?

[dorkasaurus_rex]

[His Dad's red. People sometimes come in different colours.]

I did. Do you know how I can get home again?

[kree_soldieress]

[Fair enough.]

Have the Aspects spoken to you? About this place?

[dorkasaurus_rex]

Yeah. But I still want to leave...

[kree_soldieress]

[Oh poor Billy. The child earns a sad look from the woman.]

I do not know how to go home. I'm sorry.

[dorkasaurus_rex]

[Billy frowns. He's trying to be brave, but it's the first time he's been alone like this. Ever.]

...I don't want Tommy to be alone.

[kree_soldieress]

Tommy?

[Uh, that's an interesting combination of names. Clearly means nothing.]

Is Tommy your parent?

[dorkasaurus_rex]

No. [Billy shakes his head.] He's my brother.

[kree_soldieress]

[More coincidence. Never mind. It's fine.]

Then he is safe with your family, yes? I am sorry you are not with them, but he will be.

[dorkasaurus_rex]

[Billy's frown grows, biting at his lip, and he glances off screen.]

I don't want him to disappear without me...

[kree_soldieress]

Disappear? I do not think he will disappear. That is not what children do. They grow.

[dorkasaurus_rex]

We're both going to disappear. Me, and Tommy...and Dad. I don't want him to go alone.

[kree_soldieress]

[How does one respond to that.]

You are not going to disappear. I will not allow it.

[She can't help it. She protects people.]

[dorkasaurus_rex]

You can't stop it.

[But he does look a little hopeful at that.]

[kree_soldieress]

I will. Kree are very stubborn people. And I protect those who cannot protect themselves.

[dorkasaurus_rex]

But it's happening now. The barrier is about to close.

[kree_soldieress]

There is no barrier here?

[dorkasaurus_rex]

At home. When they took me from.

[kree_soldieress]

Ah.

[Nope, she doesn't understand.]

I am sorry that you are here and not with your family. But we do not just go home.

[dorkasaurus_rex]

[Billy doesn't know how to explain, so he drop it with a sigh.]

But it's not fair. I didn't ask to come here.

[kree_soldieress]

Neither did I. I wished to be home with my sister, and to protect my Emperor and his Prince.

[She thinks for a while before nodding to herself.]

We cannot always choose the path we are placed upon. But we can choose how to face it.

[dorkasaurus_rex]

You have an Emperor? And a Prince?

[Billy looks curious, not thinking of either of those things as real outside of stories.]

[kree_soldieress]

[Well now she feels comfortable answering. She nods and smiles.]

Yes, Emperor Dorrek, and his husband Prince-Consort William."

[dorkasaurus_rex]

[That earns a faint flush, introducing a concept that wasn't really touched on in Westview, but one that makes Billy's head tilt a bit curious. He's too shy to press more though, nodding like that was just a very obvious fact.]

Dorrek's kind of a weird name.

[kree_soldieress]

It is traditional, tne name of the kings and Emperors of the Skrull. But he was known on Earth as Teddy.