Praeteritus

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Annika would have smiled, had it not been so cold. Freya's wit was no less sharp than it used to be, apparently. And she wasn't wrong. After all, theatralics were not only a useful tool. She did also quite enjoy them, read the reactions on people's faces, their surprise, and at times even their awe. She supposed that that was one of the reasons she'd ended up where she did - after all, what was a politician other than an actor on the theater of reality. But that didn't change the fact that a part of her felt like she was a kid, scolded by her favourite teacher for botching an essay. Somehow, that part of her, the one that had tried to impress her teacher had apparently not completely vanished.

She nodded understandingly. It wasn't like she enjoyed the rain much more than Freya did, plus it did make communication that wasn't overly loud quite hard. Her steps carried her to the hall that the piping from earlier were protruding from, closing the hatch behind the two. The temperature didn't rise much, but the rain changed from a torrential stream of water almost drowning every other sound to a still loud, but tolerable constant dribbling sound from the roof and the walls. She walked quickly, dodging metal outcrops, burst pipes and the like easily despite the darkness, before she halted in front of a smaller shed within the hall, offering Freya a place on one of the long abandoned benches. Then she grabbed a bag from behind the one she was sitting on and threw it between them, the impact causing the can in it to start the chemical reaction it was supposed to do, suddenly radiating warmth just enough to make it bearable.

Annika looked up, into the eyes of the older woman. She wasn't quite sure what to say, she had to admit, so she just went with the first thing that came to her mind.
"Sorry about that. Wasn't sure you'd actually come, you know. Had to wait outside." A short pause, before she continued, both to break the ice and calm herself a little. "It's... good to see you too. As weird as that might sound."

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