[cassian doesn't regret trying; they had to know more than the lies this place was telling them. but he does regret, the instant that the doors to the house slam shut and everything goes wrong, that three people are trapped out there. it's like scarif all over again, when he'd listened to all the lines on his comlink go silent one by one, and he'd known exactly what that had meant, what he'd led all those people to.
he's not stupid enough to think that isn't a possibility here and now, too.
the witch he doesn't know at all, and the woman who'd helped pull him out of the lake, barely more than that. out of that number, michael is the one he's most familiar with, so he sends:]
[the fact that he gets a response at all, however garbled, is an answer to his second question — or, at least, he'll take it as one for now.
a part of him wishes it were possible to consult with kleya, somehow; maybe she could figure out how to untangle all of this. but it isn't, so, squinting, he has what he's able to pull out: readings concerning outside.]
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@faker_1
Date: 2026-02-17 12:55 pm (UTC)he's not stupid enough to think that isn't a possibility here and now, too.
the witch he doesn't know at all, and the woman who'd helped pull him out of the lake, barely more than that. out of that number, michael is the one he's most familiar with, so he sends:]
What's going on out there? Is everyone okay?
@prefers_outside_apparently
Date: 2026-02-17 05:09 pm (UTC)̷̹̄ ̶̋͜ ̵̪͝ ̴̳̐ ̸̻̑ ̷̠͘ ̷̈́ͅ ̸̬̉ ̶͓̈ ̶̡̛ ̷̖̌ ̴̰̊ ̸̗̿ ̴̘̈́ ̴̪͊ ̴͙͊ ̵̢̕ ̵̙͆ ̴̨͐ ̵̄͜ ̸͈̈́ ̶͕͑ ̴̦̇ ̸̛͈ ̵̠̓ ̷͕͝ ̷̪̕ ̸̙̃ ̶̖́ ̶̧͝ ̶̙̋ǫ̷̨̗̮͇̮̌̅͜ȕ̶̡̝̰̗͎̞̺͙̯̞̌͋̚t̷̯̙̱̮̘̗̯͚̣͔̑͆͑͛͐̔̚͘͝ş̶̱̼̥̜̦͖͙̈́́͑͊̊ͅî̸͐ͅd̸̢̘̺͎̠̮͗͗̿̐ͅe̶͚̎̓̇͌̈́͠?̴̢̡̛͇̙͉̊́̈́̑͊͌͐̉̂͜ͅ
no subject
Date: 2026-02-17 05:37 pm (UTC)a part of him wishes it were possible to consult with kleya, somehow; maybe she could figure out how to untangle all of this. but it isn't, so, squinting, he has what he's able to pull out: readings concerning outside.]
Concerning how?
no subject
Date: 2026-02-17 06:12 pm (UTC)b̵̨̛̻̘̥̪͉͔̹̲̥̣̞̰̠̳̜̟̝̠̮̳͉͚̱͍̼̅̀̋̋͛̌̃̈́̀̉̊̉̊̂͂̚͜ḭ̵̡̧̨̞͓̤͕͕̭̘̀̈̿͛̅͌͗̂̐̈́͆̎̓͆͂̚͝ͅg̴̛̱̝͇̦̮̯͎̲͍̗̥̮̦̦͍̞̬͙̖͈̼̮͙̙̦̙͕͂̎̌̈̎̽͋̀̓̄́͛́́͊͛̈́͘̚͝͝ͅ
no subject
Date: 2026-02-17 07:28 pm (UTC)Save as many of the readings as you can. When we can get the doors open, we'll find you.
[when actually feels a lot more like if right now, but]