audio; date of the sad party

[grandpaladin]

Ah, now it is working! Wonderful!

[The huge, booming voice on the other end of the TAB pauses for a moment, gathering up his thoughts. And when he speaks again, you can almost hear the grin on his face.]

Hello. To you I have not met, I am Reinhardt Wilhelm. And I, too, have come to give some words in this time. When we are still mourning the loss of our space homes. Our real homes. And our friends.

[He clears his throat. What he says next is pretty cheesy, but there's no doubt he believes in what he says, completely.]

Things can be destroyed. But as long as the people, as long as we are strong, my friends, we can always rebuild.

And, if you find yourself in need of some strength -- [Here, Reinhardt laughs, though it's not his usual, booming one, it's more solemn.] -- call for me. And I will be your shield. I have strength to spare.

...

I just winked there. You cannot see it, but I did.

[click.]

Comments

[voice]

[coldhardy]

["Elsa" has the voice of a young woman, but unusually low and dry and crisp.]

I never saw the space homes. What were they like?

[She likes the things the old man has said -- he sounds like an old man, anyway. It's not unlike what she had been doing at home before she found herself standing high on a rock: rebuilding things she had destroyed without meaning to.]

[voice]

[grandpaladin]

The ship? Vast, like a city moving through the stars, almost...

[He sounds a little wistful. Even if Reinhardt hadn't been there that long, he could still appreciate what the Moira had been.]

[coldhardy]

That sounds wonderful. I've only seen one city. It's beautiful... but it isn't very big.

Were you there for a long time?

[grandpaladin]

Not as long as some -- but long enough to appreciate it all.

[coldhardy]

Where did you come from before that? I'm from Arendelle.

[grandpaladin]

Germany -- have you heard of it?

[coldhardy]

Oh... yes! I have! It's south of us... across the sea, on the continent, south of the Southern Isles and the Danes. We have good diplomatic relations, but I've never been there myself.

Do you miss it?

[grandpaladin]

The Danes...? Denmark?

Oh, of course! Don't we always miss places we have fond memories of?