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[blackbirdsing]

[ Sarah's lounging in bed, hair up in a ponytail, and she doesn't have much to say except: ]

Why are there no old people here? You know, like...I'm going to go out on a limb and say I definitely haven't seen anyone over 60. And I'm talking visually. Don't be a smart ass and tell me you're over 1,000, I get it, some of you are immortal or magic or...whatever. I'm just saying, no one appears to be over the age of, I don't know, post mid-life crisis.

I wonder why that would be? Wonderland has a youthful aesthetic to maintain? If you're over, say, 65 in human years, raise your hand.

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She mentioned a little about it. Her memory and meeting Kurt and such.

_{[A mild reply that skirts around the elephant in the room. There must be one for every room of Jane's life, and he understands it's probably an intensely personal subject.]}

But that's all back home? I hope things are proceeding a little more smoothly here. I only had to meet Jane once to think she deserves a break--and probably your brother, as well. Taking down bad guys must be a full-time job.

_{[And that's coming from a Grey Warden.]}

[blackbirdsing]

Yeah, it is. Wonderland's done a lot for them, and it'll suck when they leave but for now, it's good. Jane does deserve a break for sure. Kurt pushes himself hard and needs a break but won't take one.

[ Bullheaded and stubborn is his middle name. ]

Jane just needs life to throw her a few bones, really.

[circlejerked]

_{[Anders takes a sip from his coffee cup, musing.]}

Neither strike me as being easily scared off by hardship. I'm sure they'll find their respective ways back in the real world.

_{[He doesn't speak of that other elephant in the room: the fact that this place has its perks, but it's not built to sustain a real life. Whatever happens, he wishes them all the best when they return and work toward the future in earnest.]}

Having a friend like you helps, no doubt. You're a good friend to worry the way you do.

[blackbirdsing]

[ Sarah smiles softly and gives a little shrug. ]

My brother gave up his whole life to take care of me. He deserves it. To be happy. And Jane...well. Who knows how much and how often she was fucked over by the universe but sometimes she just has this look. Like she's so damn tired of everything. But when she's with Kurt she looks better. Happier. More willing to go through a lot of shit to get to the happiness because it's with him.

[ Wooooooooooooooooooooooow Sarah is such a shipper. ]

[circlejerked]

No family in the picture?

_{[He's getting the impression Kurt's gone above and beyond the call of the average big brother each time Sarah talks about her family. That, and they're just plain good people, taking a woman without a past into their fold to help her grasp a future.]}

That's it, we'll have to call it a day on the romance front. There's no way we can top that now.

_{[But joke as he might, he's pleased to hear it, truly.]}

[blackbirdsing]

Uh..my mom left when I was five and my dad was....a....

[ Murderer. ]

A drunk. A bad one.

[ She's about to tell him everything, why, but then he jokes and she can't bring the tone back down so she smiles. ]

I honestly don't think those two could be more in love if they tried. Total idiots, honestly.

[ Said with complete love and affection. ]

[circlejerked]

<sub>[An absent mother, a drunk father, a brother with a career that promises danger around every corner, and Anders is sure that's only the bare bones of it. Difficult circumstances for anyone, but here Sarah sits, staring down a foreign dimension.

Jane and the Wellers are made of some tough stuff. Lifting his cup, Anders salutes her with it.]</sub>

Despite it all, look at where you're at. Not literally, of course, since we're stuck here for the foreseeable future and all, but you and Kurt seem as though you've risen above what life's seen fit to throw your way.

_{[Cheers to that.]}

fade for more shenanigans later?

[blackbirdsing]

I can absolutely toast to that.

[ And she does, saluting him with her cup in return. ]

yes, sounds good!

[circlejerked]

Cheers!

_{[Anders smile is an unfettered thing of good humor and agreement. Surviving a crappy hand--a toast for all occasions.]}

Our situation here is just one more thing to rise above.