Expected Guest

[Jazzi]

Staying silent, Catherine reaches forward for a yam cake and takes it in both hands. She looks the item over curiously, before her attention returns to her guide. As they speak, her pale hands break the cake apart into five pieces in slow, purposeful fashion.

"It's dubious they'd believe me anyway. If I suspect I am going mad, then what can I expect others to think. I will be getting a medical examination when I am back. It's important to me, in case it is madness or something is burnt in my retina or...something."

When placed down, a familiar shape presents in the breakages between portions of the Yam cake. A shape spoiled when White takes a piece and holds it in her hand as she draws coffee from her flask.

"I doubt that there is that something out there, caring for me. Why would it if it exists? A small, brash, reckless monkey who - "

She takes in a deep breath, putting the cake piece back down to rub the bridge of her nose. Catherine felt a rush of sudden emotion as the cacophony of consequence resonates through her. From the moment she tried to get into that minefield at Norfolk; to seeing the greens, blues and purples of the Omicrons. Every face along the way. The paths she had trodden. The family she had chosen to leave behind to do so. The friends and foes she had made along the way. The near deaths and euphoric victories. All leading to the now in a crescendo of insatiable curiosity.

Leaning forward White let out a long, tired sigh before looking at Raven intently as she continues to speak.

" - who doesn't know whether they are coming or going. Why would that deserve it's attention? It's care? Perhaps... that is where my introspection should begin. Stars, I haven't a clue Revenant. The fear of the unknown. I share that. The need to erect a box around oneself and live inside it. Ignore the outside. Stay safe! The box was comfortable. Just... somehow it broke the box. Now I have to make the unknown known. Otherwise there is just fear."

Picking the cake up and finally eating a piece, her brow furrowed.

"This... is an acquired taste, I take it?"