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[Despite having been on the Moira for a number of months now- not to mention the year that seemed to flash past in the blink of an eye- Evie is only now making her first public broadcast to the network. She looks somewhat subdued, settled in the library in her own clothes with the hood of her overcoat cast back from her face and a small pile of books scattered around her. They appear to be volumes on world history.

She looks at the camera on her MID and smiles awkwardly.]

A quick question, if it's not too much trouble. I don't suppose there's a right answer but I'm curious. Considering how we are all out of our own space and time aboard this ship, how exactly should we treat anniversaries? Births, deaths, marriages and the like... do you think it's best to just continue with the totals as normal or would you add on the years that have passed since the day you left your own homes to today's date?

And secondly, can someone direct me to somewhere that has candles? Today should be my brother's birthday and -

[She stops herself from saying something else. How it's the... twenty second? Twenty third? Several hundreds and twenty third? anniversary of their mother's death too, but no one wants to hear that.]

Well. I would feel it would be breaking the habit of a lifetime not to mark the occasion somehow, even without him being here.

Thank you.

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[She looks a little taken aback by that.]

... how did you-?

And that still doesn't explain why there should be cake. Gifts I can understand, but people are under no obligation to give someone cake.

[...oh, is it her birthday too? Are they twins? Huh, he'd meant it in a general sense.]

But birthday cake is the best part of turning a year older. Gifts might suck, but it's hard to mess up cake.

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