>art by @gutsbro14>>6162617Your granddaughter watches him fly off towards the one sun, meanwhile you're reaching out telepathically once more. This time to your eldest daughter.
“Chaya, are you busy?” you <span class="mu-i">think</span>, feeling your daughter's mind connect with your own as she replies.
“Not really. Just finishing up my workout stream, why?” she asks, you sensing a note of unease. “Is everything okay?”
“Yes, it's fine. There's just... Someone who I'd like you to meet. And will like to meet you as well.” you tell her, feeling a sudden spike of excitement from her. But then there's a note of suspicion as well as she replies.
“You're not trying to set me up with someone, are you?” she asks, you wondering what she means.
“What? No, on the mission today I found quite the... Interesting time traveler. I think you and her will have a lot to talk about.” you reply, feeling her curiosity getting the better of her. “I'm sure she'll be very eager to meet with you.”
“Okay, you win. You got my interest.” she replies, trying to mask her eagerness. “I'll be ready in thirty seconds, 40 at the most.”
“No problem.” you reply as she ends the link, Marron still looking out over planet Namek. The one sun setting, while the other blazes still overhead is quite the sight, your granddaughter looking mesmerized. Leaving her be for a few seconds, you then take a step and gently lay a hand on her shoulder. To which her reaction is... Extreme.
“WAAAAH!!?” she shouts, whirling away from you as she ascends, golden hair glowing as she nearly draws her blade. But after a moment she recognizes you, sighing out and powering back down. “S-Sorry. Just a reflex, I didn't mean-”
Wordlessly you reach out, grabbing onto her and pulling your granddaughter close. Sure, her life hasn't been as filled with action on so many worlds, fighting life-and-death against strange creatures across the universe. But she's lived a life of fear, triumphing only for some other being to show up. And if Chronoa were still in charge of time you'd have thought it was on purpose. But as you hold your granddaughter she breaks down, sobbing against you. Crying so hard her entire body shakes, you softly whispering to her that it's going to be alright as you hold and comfort her. Held safe in your arms, she allows herself to break down, in a way you have a feeling she hasn't allowed herself to do in a long, LONG time.
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