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[goldsteins]

How long did you expect it to be? You were gone shortly after my birthday and it's September now.

[creaturecase]

[ Newt squints at her. He can't work out why Tina would lie about that, but she is. ]

Sorry, I don't understand. Your birthday? I haven't seen you since you left New York.

[goldsteins]

[Similarly, she doubts Newt would lie to her. No, he wouldn't-- Hadn't they just had a discussion where she'd pointedly told him the only one she really trusted here was him? He had stood beside her even when she was technically cornered by two of his fellow British wizards. No, Newt wouldn't lie.

Not about that. Other things, small things, like if he had a creature in his apartment maybe.

There is no immediate answer and it's some time before another video message returns and she looks tight-lipped and grim when she speaks.]

We arrived here in mid-July, it's been two months since then. At the end of August you disappeared into one of the units up there. You were here, you could even check old entries on this if you wanted.

[It's a simple, too pointed answer, practiced to withhold any emotion.]

[creaturecase]

[ He has no recollection of ever having woken on the planet previously, but Tina seems convinced. Perhaps this is how it feels to have a Memory Charm cast on you. Like some part of you has been violated.

How could he have been here before and not remember? ]

But I don't remember it. Nothing. Why would they take away my memories?

[goldsteins]

That's not something I have any experience with.

[She responds, voice rising and quieting in octave that is the only hint to any unease rolling through her. It certainly doesn't make sense. Even less sense than the months between them before or, worse, the decades between them and the others.

It's another gap she's not sure how to deal with and her fingers curl to dig into an elbow at the way she has her arms tucked. Dark eyes calculating as she quiets for much too long on the other end before speaking.]

You are awake now and that should be what matters.

[creaturecase]

[ It's a worry, and now Newt notices it's worrying her too. If she's right, he spent nearly a month with her. and now he can't remember it.

How much had they done together? ]

Yes, yes, well, I'm sure we'll be able to get to the bottom of it.

[goldsteins]

[She already hates this. If there's any etiquette in continuing to respond in video she breaks it then. Instead she simply doesn't respond that way, after a moment, shifting over to text.]

You caught me when I was in the middle of my patrol, it will be a while longer before I can join you.

Will you be all right until then?

[creaturecase]

[ He's expecting another video, so it's a few moments before he realises the text is from her, and a few more moments while he works out how to reply. ]

Yes, of course. Sorry. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine.

[goldsteins]

Don't get into any trouble before I can get up there.

[Which would be shortly, tbh.]

[creaturecase]

Trouble? What kind of trouble would I get into?

[ He refrains from saying that he always somehow ends up in trouble anyway, but maybe she already knows that. ]

[goldsteins]

You know exactly the sort of trouble you get into.

[creaturecase]

What if I told you I am now actually off the space station?

[ ...and maybe need some help? ]

[goldsteins]

Since when?

[creaturecase]

Since I found the Apparition device a few hours ago. A teleport, I think it was called.

[goldsteins]

I see.

[Then how did she miss that?] Then you could simply find more trouble here.

[If only teasing-- however light it may be-- could be easily read through text.]

[creaturecase]

I think I might like to find you first.

[ Newt tries to delete the message after it's been sent, but no luck. ]

Just to keep me out of trouble.

[ HE'S MAKING IT WORSE. ]

[goldsteins]

[ Why the fuck is he like this? ]

How is it you've managed to survive this long?

[creaturecase]

I think it comes down to a combination of skill and luck.

[goldsteins]

Then you will have to rely on both a while longer.