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[sadandsingle]

Hello? [You can't really see much of anything for a moment, until Tosh pushes herself up into a sitting position on a pile of sand, fumbling for her device. She's been in better shape; right now, she looks exhausted, like she hasn't slept or eaten for more than a day, and she's been crying, to boot. Oh, yeah, and her clothes are ripped, dusty, and have bloodstains on them. She pushes her glasses up for a moment, pinching the bridge of her nose, before she begins speaking again.]

I have to say, this isn't what I expected. Though, after speaking with Owen, I'm not sure I expected anything at all.

[She scoops up a handful of sand and watches the grains fall through her fingers - then, because it's the scientific sort of thing to do, she takes another handful, sniffs it, and...yep, licks a few grains.]

Well, the sand seems ordinary enough. And what about this thing? What is it?

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[sadandsingle]

Three years? [Have an incredulous stare, Mercy.] Not that I really have any alternatives, but, well, that does seem like forever.

[coyote_walking]

Yeah.

[Mercy's quiet for a moment.]

I... it's hard. Sometimes I get so homesick...

But I try and remind myself that when I finally go home, it will be like no time has passed.

[sadandsingle]

Really? So time here passes differently than time back home?

[Sorry, Tosh is kinda terrible at sympathy sometimes.]

[coyote_walking]

That's what they say. And there are those who've left and come back and it seems to hold true for all of them.

[Don't worry, Tosh. Just wait till you walk into the awkward which is Jack, Mercy, and Ianto!]

[sadandsingle]

So there's no voluntary way out, but you can leave and return involuntarily? And time passes here while you're back home, but not vice versa.

[coyote_walking]

So, I'm told.

It runs differently though. People who go back home can be there for months and only days will pass here. Or vice versa.

[sadandsingle]

So the instantaneous travel is only one way, then. Strange.

[coyote_walking]

What can I say, but welcome to the City.

[Mercy grinned at her.]

But you're really smart from everything I've been told, so maybe you can figure some of it out.