'cause you know I'm coming home

[mistyday]

Somehow, at this point, a magic doorway leading to yet another world doesn't surprise her at all. As soon as she sees the sun and the waves and the green where her quarters should be, she doesn't hesitate to step through. It's not just the warm draw of nature either, so refreshing after the cold darkness of space - there's something else drawing her as well. Or rather, someone else. She follows that sense down the beach, through the town, and to another door.

Knock, knock.

And there she stands on his front step, beaming. "Hey, stranger."

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[stefanged]

"Once. He drew me a picture of Vima."

A picture that didn't make it with him to Itinere, but Stefan doesn't dwell on that now.

"He shouldn't have been there, you know."

[mistyday]

"No he shouldn't. Ain't right at all, to take kids like that. He was a tough little thing though."

[stefanged]

"You'd have to be, to make it out of there alive."

As peaceful as the Fleet had been, Stefan can't help thinking back to the horrors they'd witnessed. Itinere, with all of its seaside appearances, was far more benevolent.

He forces a smile, partially so he won't dwell on it any longer, "But we made it, right? Better here than there?"

[mistyday]

"Right! Every step I take is better than the last!"

[stefanged]

"Especially if we're in front of your new favorite store," he teases, stopping right in front of a local nursery.

Stefan doesn't know enough about plants, and certainly not enough to know if this place is exactly what Misty needs - but he knows her love for the great outdoors, and well? This is certainly a way to bring more of it to her.

[mistyday]

"Oh!" Misty hugs him from the side. "Thank you, this is perfect! I can't wait to get a garden going again!"