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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]

[A child. Lauri-Ell worries that seeing her might scare him, but she has to try.]

Hello Billy. I am Lauri-Ell.

[She feels it might be best to build up to the 'you're here now'.]

[dorkasaurus_rex]

Woah.

[Billy's eyes widen, but his face breaks into a tentative smile.]

Um-...hi.

[He gives a flustered laugh.]

[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.

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[gadaboutdetective]

[Hellfire...! Llewellyn is not pleased to hear this, he'd rather hoped that this world would be different from the Sphere and that it would at least would spare dragging children into its mess...]

Hello, young man. Er- Billy, was it? I'm Llewellyn Watts-Maresh, and I'm uh- sorry, but I'm afraid I can't offer you advice on how to get home... It's something everyone's still puzzling over.

[He offered a sympathetic shrug, gesturing a little as he continued.]

But! If you need any other help in the interim, I can honestly say there are quite a few of us who are happy to help. Is there anything I can answer beyond how to get 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]

Llewell- wh...

[Billy tries to repeat back the name, but stumbles over it before he's even finished the first, cheeks going a bit pink.]

That's a complicated name...

Um- I guess, uh- oh- where would I get clothes? I'm kind of in my pjs.