The Past and Present

[AutumnRaven]

"It sounds acceptable..." Rinorra Said quietly, still looking slightly confused as her thoughts scattered wildly. She was mentally Going over the numbers in her head, Counting backwards from the number that Patrick had given her. As her fingers quietly tapped against her leg, keeping count, She realized that she had been completely wrong in her estimation. Following as the man led her skillfully from the cavern with the Crystal, She gently reached out and took his hand, stress and worry making her chest tight. "I got the numbers wrong... It's been over 2000 years that I've been inside that Crystal. Not 300."

[Raven Rise]

The last fact made Patrick stop dead in his tracks. "Two thousand years?" he exclaimed. "My... That's... I don't web know what to say... How you are Alice, and perfectly functioning, at least so far as I can tell, is beyond me." Patrick reaches a small ledge in the cave, and easily leaps onto it. "Careful, the groin is wet," Patrick says, extending his hand again in case Rinorra needed help. "My," Patrick murmurs to more to himself than Rinorra. "How the world has changed since that time... No power, no guns, and democracy wa practically unheard of." Patrik chunked to himself at the last thought.

[AutumnRaven]

Following after Patrick in lighter Versions of his footsteps, her body somehow graceful and almost like she was in a constant dance, The woman was quietly battling with herself at the fear Threatening to overtake her at any moment. The only possible way she kept it at bay was by reminding herself Stern Lee That it had been her choice, and her choice alone, that had led To her long imprisonment Within the Crystal. This managed to bring only the smallest amount of comfort, Her lips twisting to one side.

As They came to the small ledge she needed to jump down, her thoughts were blissfully focused on other matters. Some of the words he had chosen, had spoken out loud, were Strange to her. After she had reached for him willingly, small hands in his as she jumped down, Rinnora Looked up at him with a slightly puzzled expression. "What is a guns? ... Democracy?" The words twisted funny in her mouth and she couldn't shake the feeling that she was saying something wrong.