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[Ingrid's looking uncharacteristically somber today, staring into her coffee mug as though it held the secrets of life.]

I'd always thought myself as someone who could adapt to anything. Working with the children I did, living the life I have; I thought I could handle any change. But it seems I've grown so accustomed to my routines without realizing it.

The people, places, and the things of grand significance. Those things are easy to miss when they are taken. I expected that; I was ready for that. I thought I was ready for that. But I find myself missing the small things too. The way my husband made a cup of coffee, the walk to school, reading the morning paper in the courtyard, listening to the students chatter about things that always seem so intense and important when you're young. I think I may miss those small things more than the big ones.

[She chuckles, but there's no joy in it.]

This may just be the talk of an old lady feeling her age, but indulge me so I don't feel so dramatic for this little episode. What are the things, big and small, you miss?

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I was very far from home even before I arrived in this place. There is a great deal I miss, if I think about it for too long--for instance, my lances. The weapons I used were of great sentimental value as well as power, and I would like to get even one back if I could.

Speaking on a more significant level, I miss my wife Grainne as well as those I called my friends and allies.

You are married? [She sighs.] It is so difficult to be apart from the ones we pledge our lives to.

Tell me about her.

I was, once...a very long time ago now.

Grainne was a beautiful woman. One who cast aside everything for the sake of her love--I always admired that about her. That absolute conviction in her actions was courageous, and I could only meet it with my own. I loved her without question, and would gladly have done anything for her happiness.

She sounds wonderful. Absolutely so. [There's no teasing in her tone. Ingrid's a sucker for romance.] But you said was. Has she passed?

...We both have, if I'm to be completely honest. [He hadn't really considered it, but of course she had. Millennia ago, surely.]

I don't understand.

My last action taken before arriving in this city was death.

I'm sorry. To know-[She pauses.] I cannot imagine carrying such a burden.

It's not so bad, really. Death in itself is nothing to fear, though the circumstances were difficult.

Difficult? Well I would imagine so. Death isn't an easy thing.

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