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[moondancing]

[He has had time to collect himself; to not give into fear immediately - though that had been a challenge! His appearance is likely startling - unless his shay'kreth'ashke is well known. From his white hair to his icy blue eyes, Moondance will be easily recognized both on the network and off.]

Bright the day, my friends. I do not know what to say of our accommodations, though I count it promising that we are alive. My name is Moondance k'Treva and I am what is known as a Healing-Adept. What that means is: I am able to heal people as well as places.

[The second portion of his power has been taken from him - though he does not realize it yet. His merry, inviting tone is punctuated with a shyer smile.]

Now, tell me where it hurts, hm? I will feel better if I am busy, so think of this as you doing me a favor!

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[moondancing]

[Is he supposed to know this?]

I see, I see. [He frowns faintly. So there were...villains...in the mix too?] I do not come from a world where we have "heroes" or "villains". There are the Heralds, who are defenders of Valdemar, and then, of course the Tayledras, who I believe are good.

[doubled_speed]

[Well, yeah, it feels like everyone should know that.]

These Heralds got super special magic powers?

[moondancing]

[Sorry, he missed the memo.]

Some of them, yes. We find that magic appears as it is needed. There is but one truly powerful Herald-Mage and I fear they keep him too busy.

[doubled_speed]

[Magic appears as it's needed? If that's true back home, what horrors are coming that needs his brother?]

Man, life is just like that. Too much to do. Not enough time.

[moondancing]

[It's hard to say.]

Sometimes you must make time or risk being run ragged.

[doubled_speed]

I don't run ragged. I just run.

[What? It's a fair point. An insanely fair one. He runs like one one's business.]

[moondancing]

That is a metaphor. You can run yourself ragged without running.

[doubled_speed]

[See, Tommy can't do much of anything without running. So he rolls his eyes and turns them through another dome toward another tunnel. This one marked for farms.]

You'll go down this tube to find the farms. At least, today you will. Sometimes I feel like either my internal maps are off, or there are sometimes domes that didn't exist before.

[moondancing]

[Let's hope nothing happens to his legs or feet!]

So this place is up to some mischief! [He doesn't look worried about the transformations.] There are places like that where I work.

[doubled_speed]

[Don't dare wish such darkness on him.]

Well then, maybe you'll get good at navigating. Wish you a ton of luck with that. I hate wasting precious seconds searching.

[moondancing]

You are impatient. [A trait of youth. He too is considered impatient and rash by his elder Mages.] I will be as lost as you, but I find it fascinating instead of an irritation.

[doubled_speed]

I'm a mutant speedster. What strikes you as impatience is actually just a vastly different perception of time. Time is subjective, man.

[And when his irritation can stretch out into the feeling of days before someone else can blink, things definitely qualify as truly worth being impatient over.]

[moondancing]

...I suppose. [He hasn't encountered someone like him before.] I do not understand how you see this world, admittedly, and I would like to learn.

[doubled_speed]

You can't see the world like I can. I'm unique here.

[Which isn't very isolating. It's just making him special.]

[moondancing]

I think you are unique wherever you travel. All the more reason for you to teach.

[doubled_speed]

Uh, see, the thing is? Not the fastest. There are others faster than me, better than me, so not really all THAT unique.

[Just unique here.]

[moondancing]

If there are only a handful of others like you, I would say that qualifies you as quite unique.

[If a Tayledras could move like him, that would be helpful!]

[doubled_speed]

[Why is this guy so nice? It's suspicious. Tommy shuffles nervously from foot to foot.]

You, uh, you're nice. Right? That's strange. You're just strange.

[moondancing]

[He is...grateful. For his life, for who he meets and everything else. It helps his attitude.]

I don't think I was hiding my strangeness. But thank you.

[doubled_speed]

Yeah. There you go. So, uh... go and commune with plants? I need to get some stuff.

[He really wants to flee. This guy makes him uncomfortable.]

[moondancing]

We will see one another again, I'm sure. Run carefully.

[Moondance approaches the plants and bends to touch the soil, glowing bits of energy wrapping around his fingers.]

[doubled_speed]

[Tommy salutes and then he's gone. This is all too much.]