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[happytobleed]

[ It's a different type of disorientation from the last time he'd left and come back. The last time, he'd been hurt, his grace half-torn from his body.

He's no stronger this time, even if it's on borrowed grace, but he's more composed and it's easy enough to reach into his pocket for the device that hadn't been there a moment earlier. ]

Can anyone tell me how long I've been gone? The last time I remember being here was shortly after we left the town. Maybe a few weeks.

[ It's clear that he's walking through a dim hall as he speaks, heading towards his living space. ]


[ Private to Dean ]

Dean, are you here?

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[happytobleed]

I don't. I must have been gone already.

[ He hopes, because the alternative is a little chilling. ]

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[blackmagus]

[She would prefer not to think of those boxes having the ability to... take memories. She'd been silly to open one in the first place and have it take away her internal senses. Though getting her mother's locket out of the deal sort of made it worth it, in the end.]

There was the hellhounds, before that. Do you remember them?

[It might be difficult to get a rough estimate of Castiel's departure, given how time works in this place, but Fortescue will try.]

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[happytobleed]

I... don't. Should I?

[ Was he missing or is he simply missing things? He doesn't understand why no one has the answers he's looking for. Has everyone lost track of each other in the ever-changing halls of this building? Back on the Cape, they always knew who was there and who wasn't. ]

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[blackmagus]

[Fortescue shakes her head slightly.]

Just trying to get a handle on when you left, darling. It must have been some time ago, then. [She offers an apologetic sort of smile.] A month and a half, possibly? Time is getting harder and harder to piece together, around here.

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[happytobleed]

I know that feeling. It seems as if some days meld together and some last an eternity. I wonder if it's a function of this place.

[ He looks around suspiciously. It's something to consider. ]

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[blackmagus]

[She gives a thoughtful glance to her own walls.]

Wouldn't put it past the Center to have something like that. Though it's really the scarcity in windows that does it, for me, and in doors. Not that the Doctor and I got very far, the time we got out, but... [Fortescue's smile shifts, a bit melancholic.] It was nice to be out, for a bit.