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[Gyda's outside near the home she shares now with Lola. It's early morning and really, she should be at school, but she's still in something of a mood.]

For those who knew him, or worked on patrol guard with him, Ivar the Boneless has gone back home. [She fiddles with the arm band on her wrist; silver and copper and made into the shape of a serpent.]Winter and his pokemon have also left.

[She's not sure what else to say.] He already said goodbye to those he was closest too, but I wanted to let those he fought with to also know, so they don't wonder what happened.

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I'm so sorry, Gyda. Are you alright?

Not really. [She's too worn out to give a courtesy answer.] But he was able to say goodbye and gave me an arm ring. That was something my father and Athelstan couldn't do when they left her.

[Alex's frown is audible.]

Are you there alone?

I'm living with Lola, and Ms. Jenna keeps check on me.

Good. I'd hate to see you there all alone.

I just no longer have any family. Ivar was the first person I met when I arrived here, now he's gone.

I'm so sorry. I know that's got to be hard.

But you're definitely not alone, okay?

It's not the same. Ivar knew the way of our people, it seems I have to try extra hard now not to forget.

Maybe there’s books or something that can help you so that you don’t have to worry about it?

There are some, but I've read a few. They get a few things right, but it's almost silly to read what I've already lived through.

Well, you don't need to do it like homework. Just if you get worried you're missing something!

[She thinks a moment. What she says almost makes sense.] They have audio books in what's called icelandic. That sounds very similar to how we speak at home.

That sounds like it’s good. Is there anyone here who speaks your home language? Or someone you can teach it too?

If there is, I haven't met them, either speaking or someone to instruct. I'm told it's a difficult language to learn, and there's little point in knowing because it's rather obscure.

That's fair. But just because something's obscure doesn't mean people shouldn't do it.

[EVen if she's not volunteering. But she's already got three others she's working on at the moment. Adding a fourth would just be an effort in futility.]

Man, that sucks. I'm — I'm sorry about that.

Was he family? Are you at least with someone, so you don't have to deal with it alone?

We shared the same father. I was dead years before he was born, but I knew him by his name and his eyes were like fathers.

... That's awful.

[He swallows hard, feeling a pang of empathy. And so he privates the feed, and says hesitantly:]

I'm dead back home, too. I mean, I'm... I'm not just yet, but I know I'll be dead pretty soon, and...

Um. If you want anyone to talk to... I try to keep quiet about it, but I don't mind. Talking to others who are dealing with that feeling. [He rubs the back of his neck, feeling lame.] Sorry, I don't even know if that's a problem for you, but I know it's in my head a lot, so...

Were you told of this? [Seers were a real thing back home, so perhaps someone had the same gift and told him.]

There's nothing to really keep secret for my part. I died from what you would call the flu. It was painful, but in the end, I was just delirious enough to accept it.

... Yeah. It's not something I've lived out yet.

But it'll be much sooner than later. In a little over a year, maybe two.

[He breathes out through his nose; it's easier to face when you're talking to someone who'd understand. It just makes him sad, that her life's gonna be cut so short. And — and so are so many kids back home. So many kids he's helped on the streets as Spider-Man, and so many teenagers he's known as Peter Parker, and...

He clears his tightening throat.]

I'm sorry about what happened to you. That you had no way to fight it.

[He can't see it, but she shrugs all the same.] It was fate, there was nothing to be done at the time. I'm only sad I had to leave my family. If I had survived, I would likely be looking for a husband, and perhaps in a few years be married and with a household of my own.

[Her own voice thickens once more, and she tries to remind herself that, if the gods allowed, she might be allowed to grow up here and start a family here. The thought was only a small comfort, as it reminded her that her own family was no longer present, and she had no way of knowing if or when they might even return.]

[He smiles a little.]

Hey, you're kinda young to be worrying about getting married. But I guess maybe not really, in your time... Either way, you should just try to enjoy yourself as much as you can, right? If it was fate for you to die, then it's fate that you get a second life here. You're here for a reason.

[Maybe he is, too. He... likes to think that way, anyway.]

In my time, a person is considered 'middle-aged' by the time they're thirty years old. I wouldn't get married this young either, but they would be considering it, and the process itself would be drawn out because of negotiations.

[Marital arrangements and what went on were hardly kept from her. Everyone lived so close to eachother, she would've certainly caught bits of the process.]

It's difficult to enjoy things here with my family gone. I enjoyed teasing Ivar about reading material.

Oh...

[He thinks for a moment, rubbing his chin.]

Well, if — if you ever feel like teasing someone, I got plenty of reading material to make fun of... I'm what you'd call a big nerd, in some circles.

[~some~ circles]

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