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[grandpaladin]

Hello! It is I, Reinhardt Wilhelm! You may leave a message, and I will answer you!
Goodbye!

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[sleepdarts]

You do not upset me.

( His pain hurts her, but it only spurs a drive to see an end to it -- to fix the hole in his heart. She'll be his friend again, and perhaps try to patch one of the other relationships. She's become a meddler in her old age, what can she say? )

But I would be glad to have you by my side again. ( It was something they would not have done at home, if only to save Reinhardt and the others from risking themselves as vigilantes ) I don't doubt that there are ways we can be useful here.

[grandpaladin]

That is good to know.

[He never did ever figure out how to lie. Or otherwise hide the truth. His sincerity is as true as ever. And maybe that's why he's taken all of this so hard. Why can't everyone be truthful with those they'd counted friends?]

[Why was it necessary to hide for so long?]

It would be a lie to say I would feel different. I have missed you.

[And he would, in turn, argue he had never needed anyone's protection. An argument he's already had.]

[sleepdarts]

It has been too long.

( Yes, Ana knows that's on her but the sentiment is still the same. She missed him dearly over the years )

It doesn't need to be now. We have a lot of time to make up for that.

( And for her to hear all of the wonderful stories of what she's missed )

I'd like to hear what you've done, where you've been.

[grandpaladin]

[He falls quiet, for a while. He'd missed her, too. Missed their odd sort of family. Even though nothing can repair it. Not even her and Jack actually being alive.]

[They have time, here. Time to make things right, maybe.]

... You know I kept the armor, yes? I refused to give it up.

[sleepdarts]

I would expect nothing else.

( It was also hard to miss hearing about such a knight defending Europe )

They were no doubt glad of your efforts, those that you saved.

[grandpaladin]

I hope so.

[He looks down at his hands, at the little cup untouched.]

... Jack is of the mind that I have done nothing. Helped nothing.

[Maybe that's why he'd been so much angrier with him than Ana, now. That insinuation.]

[sleepdarts]

( She's not certain when translating Jack became part of her job, a long time ago, but-- )

Helped others? Yes. You have kept people safe -- protected them.

( As he always had, but it was not only others that needed protecting )

But there is also protecting yourself. Fighting still, and alone -- you are in danger, and perhaps trouble.

( And it's what she worries about when she hears stories. There are worse things than dying )