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[lightgunhustler]

[Jo's voice sounds oddly restrained when it comes out over the network, cautious and uncertain as though she's swallowing something down, holding it back. She doesn't trust herself to use the video function at the moment-- and honestly, considering what she has to say, it doesn't seem appropriate.]

It's been a couple of days since I've been able to get in touch with my mom.

[For anyone else, a couple of days might be negligible, but she and Ellen have been damn near inseparable since Jo's arrival. Even after moving to the research center, they'd lived together, kept close tabs on each other.

Two days without any sign of Ellen was bad news.]

I'm not holding my breath. Pretty sure she's gone.

[And for them, going home doesn't mean much. What was there to go back to?]

I just-- I thought people oughta know. She had a lot of friends here.

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[lightgunhustler]

Thanks. If she were here, you probably would have met her. Had a habit of mothering the new arrivals.

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[unionjackass]

The way you say it, I really ought to agree. Though, I'm a bit too old for that. [Shut up England you're a mama's boy.]

My name's Arthur--Arthur Kirkland. It's a silly offer since I've hardly been here any time at all, but--if you need any assistance at all, with anything, I'd be very glad to lend a hand.

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[lightgunhustler]

Wouldn't have mattered how old. She all but adopted an angel at one point.

[That was just her way. Looking out for everyone, not matter who they were.]

... appreciate it, all the same. Jo Harvelle.

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[unionjackass]

It's nice to-- Ah, sorry. An angel, you said?

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[lightgunhustler]

Yeah. We have a few of them here.

[She's over being surprised at this point.]

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[unionjackass]

[It's not disbelief that's causing him to squint and chew on that for a minute. The girl doesn't sound like she's lying.]

The last I checked this wasn't Heaven. I don't think they'd let me in.