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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.

Comments

[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.

[dorkasaurus_rex]

Mm.

[He smiles a little, thinking that's a much better name.]

What's a Skrull?

[kree_soldieress]

They are an old species in space. They are green, with pointed ears and clefts in their chins. They shape shift. Except he doesn't take after all of his people as well, as he is also half Kree like I am.