jock, meet grandpa jock

[ywkon_rp]

Okay so, Anna? Just not coming home one night after classes at her Very Important Law School? Definitely not as worrying as it could be, Malos supposes. He knows she's alive and the signals from their emotional bleed have been nothing but high strung excitement so she's gotta be fine, right? Right. Sure. It's not even the first time she hasn't come home.

He's chill, really. No big deal--

Hey what the fuck was that noise.

"Anna?" he calls, tentatively, moving towards its source. "That you? You're cutting it pretty close to your curfew, but--"

That's a joke. She doesn't have a curfew. She's like thirty, even if she doesn't look it.

(Malos is well, well aware this might not even be his daughter.)

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[risingfalcon]

This would be a lot easier to understand if Lloyd knew definitively what the hell ether was, but it's alright, he'll just. Substitute it with mana. Then these explanations make half-sense.

He doesn't really blame Malos for his lingering confusion though. The processes and concepts he's describing don't sound like they could be easily explainable - he'd probably have just as much luck trying to explain it even if he were knowledgable. But he trucks on anyways, tries not to show on his face that he only really understands like, a fraction of what was said, and files it all away for later. Maybe Sheena knows more about all of this. When he finds her he'll ask.

(He makes sure to use "when" instead of "if". His chest tightens with fear over her missing status, and he really, really misses her.)

Blinking back to reality, Lloyd catches onto something implied in Malos' explanations. Resonance, is it like an emotional link between a blade and a driver? Or is it something else? If his mother was adopted by Malos because she resonated with him, Lloyd imagines it has to be. But then - why did Anna resonate with Malos? Why was he in a position to adopt her -

Oh. Something clicks within Lloyd's mind. Was Anna an orphan? Like he thought he was (and really, still is, with Kratos lost to space) all this time?

A feeling like dark kinship settles in Lloyd's stomach. He feels awful, would never wish losing someone's parents on anyone, but... Knowing that he and his mother both had to suffer through that makes him a little more sure that maybe they'll understand each other better than he feared when they finally meet.

After a few moments of silence, he glances up at Malos. "Thank you for the explanation!" He says, and he means it. "I can work with it, I think. I'm sure I'll learn as I make my way around here."

He stands up, offering a hand to Malos with a smile. "Sorry for breaking in, but. I'm really glad I got to meet you. I gotta get going so I can find my friend, assuming all of the soldiers running around are gone."

[theactingdad]

"Oh! I mean, I can always help you with--" Malos begins to offer, then the rest of what Lloyd says registers to him. "Wait a fuck, the hell are soldiers doin' in Meltokio?" Panic kickstarts in his chest, hoping this isn't Anna's fault. The chances are at least 50%, he thinks!

Lloyd doesn't get a chance to answer, because it's then that the front door slams open. They have a clear view of the doorway from where they're sitting/standing, which means Malos sees his daughter and immediately launches to his feet to wrap her up in the tightest hug he can, considering he just watched her-- an alternate her, but still her-- fucking die.

((And then the rest of this shit happens in the other thread!))