OOM: The Raid

[dovelike]

There is a forest outside Eirene's door, one that stretches up the side of a mountain. The trees aren't anything like Midwestern America - most of them are smaller and bear fruit. Some even bear olives. She finishes moving forward to give Clark enough room to escape the small hut they are exiting from.

"Up there, behind the clouds, is my home." She points at the distance top of the mountain, currently shrouded in low-lying nimbus clouds.

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[hero_farmboy]

"That's still a lot."

Time does that in places like these, but they're back where they started soon enough.

[eirenikos]

"I know, but there you have it." Her tone is carefully neutral now. "It is at your discretion to---"

Eirene pauses long enough to get them to the small plot of land in front of the shack without flying or blurring. Sometimes it's easier to bend physics and time.

"Hopefully, I will see you later." Impusively, she leans up on her tiptoes to give him a kiss.

[hero_farmboy]

He's still a bit disoriented from the move, so the kiss catches him just a little off guard, but he recovers enough to return it, briefly.

"I'm sure you will." Then he gestures for her to lead the way back into the hut. She's the key to Milliways from here, after all.

[eirenikos]

Oh, it's easy enough to reach around him and open the door, which offers a cheery view of Milliways' interior.

"Stars guide you, Clark." It's the best she can do with a benediction, of sorts, for a man born off-world.

It will become obvious she has no intention of returning. Not yet. She has a mission, and a father to track down.

[hero_farmboy]

This he does catch onto quickly enough, and he leans down one last time to kiss her cheek.

"Good luck." And then he's through the door.