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[quenchthegloom.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth has found herself a guestroom at the stables, as she was directed to, and is now pinpointing in her suitcase and enough baby "stuff" for the twins and Catherine. She brings the babies in last, and ends up sitting in the doorway, Catherine in her lap, reading quietly while Robert and Gillian sleep.

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[mean-old-cowboy.livejournal.com]

His chores finally done, Jake has come back into the house and started working on dinner with Nat and Jinian. The girls have it well in hand, so he heads upstairs to check on his new guests. It's apparently been a very crazy day throughout the Nexus.

"Evening, Elizabeth. Are you settling in all right?"

[quenchthegloom.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth looks up, settling Catherine against her shoulder and putting the papers -- not a work of fiction but rather the latest reports from her gate teams -- aside. "I am. Thank you for your hospitality," she says, politely.

[mean-old-cowboy.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome." He hunkers down hear her, idly curious about her reports, but not asking... not yet, anyway. He might, in time. Jake is a relentlessly curious sort who is fascinated by all of the people of the Nexus. "I understand things have gotten pretty dangerous, suddenly. I thought I should reassure you that this is a safe haven... the nonviolence field is very strong and stretches out a good ways."

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She nods, stroking her daughter's back habitually. Catherine is dozing off, flexing little fingers against her mother's arm.

"I'm...honestly not too sure of exactly what the situation is, I think there's a lot people have chosen not to tell me," Elizabeth says, choosing her words carefully. Donna has been very forthcoming about this situation, but she's beginning to grasp that there's more to it than she knew previously. "Thank you for the reassurance. I don't know a lot about nonviolence fields."

[mean-old-cowboy.livejournal.com]

"They're tricky things," he says with a hint of a smile. "The best ones have a consciousness attached to them. That's the kind we have here. It's not harmful or intrusive, but it's always around us. Shouldn't be anything too new to you, I don't think; I understand that a friend of yours has some pretty omniscient children of her own."

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"Sam is...certainly special," Elizabeth agrees, evenly, shifting a little to settle Catherine more comfortably in her arms. "I think he was going to be trying to put something similar in place in our home, although I'm not sure exactly what."

[mean-old-cowboy.livejournal.com]

"That'd probably work. I know that Dr. Anders and Ellie are going with something more technological at their place right now, but that's the way of their world. An actual consciousness is best, though. I'd imagine your Sam could whip up a really good one, too." He smiles, turning his attention for a moment to the sound of cooking downstairs. "Nat and Jiniah are finishing up making dinner, if you're hungry."

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"I should probably eat something. The twins ate before they went to sleep, and Catherine's next feed isn't for another half hour." She gets to her feet.