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[When the video clicks on, it shows Dray in the living room of his glasshouse in Fayren, smiling and holding a sleeping, white kitten to his chest. If Dray looks a bit teary eyed, it's because he's been crying almost nonstop for the last 12 hours, don't mind him.]

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to say that this was my first Christmas, we don't celebrate it in my world, but I loved the holiday. Thanks everyone for the presents they sent me, I hope you liked my cookies and the cards.

[With his free hand, Dray shift the camera so it shows the sleeping kitten a bit better. He looks a bit more closer to tears now.] This little bundle of joy is Luka, Fai gave it to me. Isn't he cute? He even looks a bit like my baby Arabel.

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He's very cute.

[Seth has a weakness for cats.]

And Luke sounds like a very apt name for him.

[What's not to love about cats? Okay, Dray might be biased in that thought...he smiles at Seth, much like a proud parent would.]

Thank you so much. He needed a nice name, he's a very good baby.

Did you have a nice Christmas too?

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He's adorable, Dray! Kind of reminds me of my kitty, Artemis.

[She misses him and his annoying lectures sometimes, and the sight of a white kitten with blue eyes definitely set off some homesickness pangs.]

I'm glad you had a good holiday. I tried to make you some cookies, but not giving them to you was probably a lot nicer. I'm working on it.

[Winter is very careful to study this video before she makes any sort of response. She's pretty much confirmed his identity as the donor of the gifts she keeps finding on her doorstep.]

[Honestly she should have realized sooner how cat-like that behavior truly is.]

[She remembers very clearly what he told her, about missing his children, being a prisoner of war for ten years. For him to become this emotional over a baby animal... Well. Even Winter isn't entirely heartless. But she needs some time to think, and decide how she feels now that she knows the plants came from him, as did the conversation when she wasn't quite herself. She paces for several minutes, though one would never know it by the composed and neutral expression she wears when she sits down to speak.]

Have you considered opening an archway into your world?

Good to know you like the gift, even though he was a kitten people didn't seem to want him. So I figured you would.

[Seth also has an affinity for cats. As his action figure has managed to capture in the form of removable cat ears.]

I did.

I don't usually celebrate the holidays but it was nice to see what everyone did.

[That's adorable. Dray really needs to check the Guardian and deputie figures and get himself a few.]

That's good to hear.

My room-mate comes form a world where the holiday doesn't exist either so we did our own thing. We decorated and had a special dinner, so close enough to the real thing I suppose.

I love him, he's the most precious boy. [You don't know how happy this really made him, Fai. It's hard to explain.] It's hard to believe no one would, he's such an adorable baby.

Hello Winter, it's nice to see you. [Dray rubs at his eyes and smiles up at her, trying to show some more composure.]

Oh...no, I didn't consider it before. You think I could do that? Don't you have to be someone special to request one?

I've given your situation some thought, and would advise this to be the best course of action. You claimed you did not know the location of your children prior to coming to this world, correct?

By creating a portal into your world, you could discern their locations at your own leisure. To open an archway, you will of course need to pay a price, much as you would if you had perished.

[And she knows exactly what price he should pay, if he doesn't suggest it himself.]

This is assuming that you are able to carry the knowledge you gain from this world to your own, on the inevitable circumstance of your departure from Genessia. But even so, this may soothe the pangs of homesickness.

[Dray puts a light kiss on top of the sleeping kitten before looking up at Minako and smiling.] Thank you so much, I love him. Oh! I didn't know you had a baby too.

Did you? Aw, I'd have loved them regardless, I'm sure!

[His ears perks up, surprised that Winter had really paid attention to his back-story. He thought he had only bothered her by accident the first time they talked.] Correct. I only know they're in the Valley instead of the Moon mountains but it's a really huge place.

...! [The ears shot up again, this time combined with Dray's eyes going wide. He's never considered the subarchways before.] If such thing is possible then you're right, I should try it. Any kind of price would be worth it. Thank you, Winter, it would have never occurred to me.

There is no need for gratitude. It is simply a tactical strategy that I believed you would find beneficial.

When you are asked to pay your price, you may give the spirits your memories of me. I will take no offense.

A tactical strategy it would have never occurred to me, so I appreciate you sharing your talent to help me.

Oh? But I want to keep those. They're important to me. [He appreciates the offer but he wants to remember every little detail he knows and had shared with her.] I'll find something else to give.

I'm aware. If they were not important, they would not be accepted. Write down anything you are keen to recall. Then you should have no objections.

[Look, she already thought this whole thing out, she knows what's best. Besides, he'll forget the anonymous gifts, and given his nature, he'll likely return to ~~be friends with~~ bother her once again.]

I have other important things I could give up. [Dray looks down at the kitten, snuggling him a bit closer to him before looking back at Winter.] Being in this world, meeting the people here...it's one of the best things that ever happened to me. There's things I can never give up.

[Sorry lady, not happening.]

Enough that it would justify the size of the archway you wish to create?

[It can't be something piddly if he means to explore a valley as big as the one she assumes it must be.]

I have to think about it, but yes.

[It can't be anything related to his children if he wants to find them all, so I'll have to be his memories of Poh, the only person who was ever nice to him while he was locked up.]

If long as there's a chance to find my family, the other happy memories I have about home doesn't matter.

I could argue that they matter more.

You can forge new memories with those who continue to remain here. Can you not?

[Minako giggles. She would LOVE to see the look on Artemis's face if he heard Dray call him 'her baby.']

Artemis is older than I am. Super bossy, too. But I love him.

[He's been her partner for what, two, three years now? There's no breaking the kind of bond they've got.]

By the way, how did your date go?

There are usually reasons, but I tend not to understand.

[He does, however, understand the whole not being a wanted thing.]

Bad reasons, I'm sure.

[None that would explain to Dray why someone wouldn't want such a precious little kitty.]

Did you like your presents?

[Dray would also smooch Artemis is he were here.]

He is older but he looks small like Luka? How can that be?

Ah, it went really well. Jaune is a sweetheart. He's my boyfriend now.

We value things differently then, that's not bad.

Maybe. But if I forget thing and they don't, then our relationships would be weird from them on. Like something had changed and went missing. Do you want me to forget about you?

Ah, yes. They were very interesting. I'm going to keep them in my apartment and hope that my Pokemon don't break them by accident.

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