#el worked himself to the (metaphorical) bone trying to figure out the ritual

[kerra-and-company]

Kerra on El & Ren, my closed off emotionally beebs!!!

Ooh good choices, let's go! :D And thanks a bunch for the ask! Kerra on El: "He is a fairly incredible individual and one that I would love to meet someday. One of two commanders, and focused on research?" [She smiles a little.] "Perhaps he could give me some teaching tips. I don't think he and my daughter should meet, though, or they might end up burning our house down--oh, I mean Ia, not Aurene!" [She laughs; then her face becomes serious.] "While you're here, if you can pass on a message to him for me, I'd like to thank him for what he did for his universe's Trahearne. I'd like to thank him for saving my brother." Kerra respects and admires the things El's done, as well as the bits of his personal growth that she knows about, and she'd appreciate the chance to get to know him. She'd also be a bit anxious about meeting him because of that thing she mentioned in her last sentence above, though. She wouldn't want him to put her on any sort of pedestal for being able to save Trahearne when Nyra had to kill him. I could see them having a very loud conversation about that. Kerra on Ren: "The Spymaster, and a woman of many secrets. I've met people like her before." [She stops and blinks.] "That sounded dismissive, and that's not--I think I might understand her, is what I meant, though I'm doubtful she'd appreciate or believe that from a stranger. She does the Order and the Pact proud, and I'm happy for her and her partner." [She opens her mouth as if to say something else, but then she closes it with a small smile and a nod.] Kerra and Ren have some similarities with their traumas (or at least with the outcomes on their mental health), but their coping mechanisms are considerably different--hence Kerra holding herself back from giving Ren advice that probably wouldn't be helpful and would almost certainly be unwelcome. Kerra would definitely buy Ren a drink if they ever met in person, and though I don't think they'd ever be super super close, they could work well together for sure. (As long as Ren was comfortable with Kerra around, of course. I'm not sure how she'd feel about the empathy thing.)