imeeji_frontstage | mingle (memory)

[she shakes her head.]

I don't know. But Prime must've been on Etheria. And-- I had another memory of me fighting a bunch of robots that I assumed was him. They definitely didn't look like Horde tech.

It... was probably after I destroyed the sword. That was when we got stars, and moved out of that pocket dimension.

But. . . Scorpia?

She didn't deserve anything like––like that.

No one deserved anything like that.

[are you sure--]

Is there a way to undo it? That's not dying and coming back somehow, or whatever you think happened. . .

[there's a deep inhale, and exhale.]

I don't know. I think that's what we were trying to find out.

[She frowns, looking away, though she doesn't physically pull away from contact with Aster.]

. . .What if there wasn't? If Etheria's under his control, then–– do you still want to go back there? To all of that?

[she feels a little uncomfortable with the question. because if so, that leads to... thoughts she doesn't want to deal with. of having made the wrong choice and let everyone down.]

I have to think it's not.

[She does pull away a little now, wrapping her arms around herself.]

Catra...?

We'll decide whenever we finally get to do that "graduation" thing.

... You don't want to go back, do you.

. . .

I'm going wherever you're going, probably.

That's-That's not an answer?

[She scoffs a little, her tail starting to flick and lash.]

Adora. What do you think? Etheria's never wanted me, and it hasn't exactly been a "fun" place to grow up. And now you're telling me that Prime is probably there, waiting for us.

That's the Horde.

I don't think the way we grew up was how it was supposed to be. Not even on Etheria.

And-- we can figure out what to do about Prime, if he's there. If we haven't. I know we can.

Don't you get it? I'm not you, Adora. People don't fall over themselves trying to be with me, I don't turn into some seven foot sword-swinging princess in a ridiculous tiara, I have nothing to offer to the Rebellion or your little Princess friends.

You don't need to offer them anything. You just need to try.

"Trying" has never been enough for me!

Catra.

[she is gonna look her dead in the eyes.]

Clearly, the Princesses were going to give you a chance, and they aren't Shadow Weaver, or Hordak.

Even here, I know there are people who care about you anyway. The Horde-- growing up-- that's not now.

Whatever, Adora, I already said I'd go with you.

You deserve to be happy just for you.

And it's not like you don't have people here that care about you. DVa, Nero, Shrike, Amaranth, Glory... Like I know for sure all of them care about you, no matter what.

We can-- compromise, if you still feel that way about Etheria.

I don't think you can compromise about whether or not you're on a planet, Adora.

It's fine, okay? We'll go to stupid Etheria.

[it's not okay. and she doesn't know how to explain it, or even what she's upset about.]

Okay.

[listen, sometimes you spend so much energy helping conquer a planet for an evil invading alien force and also nearly erasing it from reality that one time that you're reasonably sure the planet does not, in fact, want you around.]

. . .Hey. Can't we just, I dunno, forget about all this? Just -- be here, with me, and relax. Okay?

... Yeah. I'm still kind of tired, actually.

[sleeping's been hell but. they both know that.]

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