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[Well, that's ... awesome. :| Another reason not to trust Peter and make it easier for him to manipulate people. Good times.]

I'm not sure if he would be showing off, but someone might have seen it by now if it was the telekinesis.

Well all powers take time to advance, so maybe he'll be slow at that.

What's the last thing that happened before you came here?

[This is Erica's way of figuring out if Cora knows that Erica dies or not.]

[Yeah, she does. What she doesn't know is whether or not Erica knows about Boyd. How she's the last vault member standing.

It's not something she wants to explain, but she may have to.]

The lunar eclipse.

A while ago, here in Asgard there was a tree that was giving people memories from their future. I saw me asking Boyd what an eclipse would do to us, but we didn't get the answer. At least I didn't. I tried to ask Derek, but he didn't answer me.

I know I die. I know a lot of people die. It hasn't happened for me, though. But I know about it. I've known I die for a long time, though. The rest of them only because Derek told me.

[There's a long pause on the other end of the line because Cora isn't really sure how to respond to this. There's part of her that doesn't want to tell her the truth, because she remembers Erica thinking - hoping - that it would make them stronger right before she tried to make a run at Kali and maybe Cora should have stopped her.

Then again, would tearing each other apart during the full moon have been better or worse?

Still, she doesn't want to lie to her. She's here, she's away, she's ... dead. How much more harm can it do?]

The lunar eclipse takes all our abilities. It makes us human.

[And maybe for her, that would make her stronger. Erica knows how to be human - the alphas in the alpha pack might not.]

[It's not the answer she wanted, but it's the truth at least.]

well that sucks. things get worse back home. I know.

here though derek and I don't get along. Well we didn't. he was here before and I came from before he had met me. things didn't go well. he avoided and then he was always trying to leave telling me that we didn't belong here. it was a mess. it never got good and then he left. Isaac and I figured it was better. but then he came back and didn't remember any of it. it's a new start, but it's hard because I still remember him telling scott I was useless without the bite. even if it wasn't really him.

[Funny thing is - Cora can't say she couldn't hear Derek saying it. She wishes that she could, but she can't. All the same, Derek is getting better - he's trying. That should count for something.]

He's not an alpha anymore. I don't know if anyone's told you that. He gave it up for me.

[there's a pause.]

He's trying.

[She knows how can seem, but Derek never wants anyone to get hurt - not unless they're threatening his pack. It also may sound like she's just trying to advocate for her big brother, but it doesn't hurt that it's also true.]

I knew he wasn't an alpha but I didn't know he gave it up for you.

[Before, the method might not have mattered, but meeting Cora - spending all those months with just her and Boyd in that small space. She's glad that it was something of value instead of something dumb.]

I know he's trying. It's just harder for me to accept it when the Derek I had here for almost a year didn't try at all. That's more time than I had with him in Beacon Hills and I ran away from him there. That was after a few months.

Fair enough.

[She won't push or meddle, not that she is much of a meddler to begin with. This is something they'll have to do on their own. It'll just take a little time.]

I'm glad you're here.

[Even if here seems kind of crazy, she's glad she's somewhere away from Beacon Hills and living. Sometimes that makes all the difference.]

I'm glad I'm here too. I have a boyfriend here. Derek hates him.

That's not hard to do.

[Derek hates most people.

Then a beat.]

Please tell me it's not Stiles.

[Because if you want a consistent way to raise Derek's blood pressure, that would be it.]

it's not stiles. stiles and I used to get along really well, but then I came back and he came back and now we just argue. his name is sam and he's not from beacon hills.

Already a step up.

[Because the boys and Beacon Hills can be idiots a lot of the time - or at least the ones she's met.]

Is he cute?

[That's totally a girly thing to talk about but whatever. She occasionally behaves like a teenage girl.]

yes!

[Then there's a bit of time because Erica is trying to go through all the images saved of Sam on her bracelet and for some reason about 50% of them are of Sam's abs or something even more indecent and the other half are him making odd faces to cheer her up while she's at work. She settles on this one, though.]

here this is Sam. [img attch] I can't find one of him being normal, but I swear he's normal.

[Erica can't see it but she's laughing It's a good face, she can't help herself. And it's not a bad picture. She can still appreciate the cuteness along with laughing at that face.]

He seems nice. As much as you can tell from a picture, anyway.

he plays guitar and sings, too. but I've known him here almost the whole time I've been here. I think even if we weren't dating we'd be best friends.

I'm actually awake now if you wanted to meet maybe? we can try to find something to do. I can show you were things are if you want?

[Seeing her would be really good, actually, and she could do with a tour from someone who knows the area.]

Sounds good. Just tell me where you want to meet.

you can come here if you want. the house is in sigyn and I can send you a map over the bracelet.

That works. Send me the map and I'm on my way.

okay.

[Erica sends the map and then moves to actually shove all of her blankets and pillows back into her own room. With Isaac gone, she's been sleeping out on the couch more and more just to have that sense of awareness of her surroundings.]

[It doesn't take her long to find it - she's got a good sense of direction, and she's knocking on the door of the house lightly. There's still something about this that feels slightly surreal, but she's going with it for now.]

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[Erica answers the door and she's pretty sure that for the first time since she's arrived, she's going to be the right face to the right person without anything held back. There won't be any waiting for her to be someone else, just an instant state of being okay.]

I'm glad you didn't get lost. The first few days I was here, I got lost too many times to admit to.

[There's still a bit of relief in her features, because yes, she's actually real and here, but for the most part it's business as usual.

Not that they ever really had business as usual, but they could figure it out.]

The map helped. I've always had a good sense of direction.

[She knows that neither of them are the type to hug each other, but there's a moment where Erica almost considers it. Instead, she just opens the door wider and gestures.]

C'mon in. It's kind of empty, but it's clean at least.

[Cora nods as she makes her way inside. She wouldn't have minded the hug, honestly, but Erica's right - they're not really the type. She glances around as she makes her way inside.]

It's nice. How long have you been living here?

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