tangled in the years

Only four years was better than she'd begun to fear, honestly, and she relaxed slightly, though his mention of a plague brought an attentive frown to her face. He ran through the highlights of what she'd missed. She was worried to hear that Artur and Geoffrey - though it seemed he was going by his middle name these days - were missing in a dangerous time, but heartened to hear that Geoffrey - Meriadoc - had had children of his own to continue her line. She smiled again at his apology for his language. "You're a grown man," she said dryly, "I'm hardly going to spank you for cursing. As for Justice and Domari..." She sighed, shaking her head. "I'm sorry to hear that they've passed, though being dead does not seem to be much of a barrier now. Perhaps they'll make their way back to the world as I have." Though all things considered, while she'd missed a great deal in her slumberous afterlife it hadn't been so bad to be so unaware at the time. There were worse things to experience than a temporary cessation of existence. "You've told me a great deal about how the pack is coping with the plague, and your siblings, but how have you been, Cairo? Have these four years been kind to you?"