[ Lydia's eyes narrow with concentration as she listens to Stiles's explanation of this place and what's going on with them while they're in it. That...well, sort of explains some of the questions of which she'd been on the receiving end, but it certainly doesn't make her feel any better about how long Stiles has been here or how little faith he seems to have that she can help them get out again.
When he shows her his hands, Lydia sucks in a quick, sharp breath of surprise and, following the word he uses to describe himself, her eyes move up to his face. She's actually incredibly familiar with the word after her Greek mythology kick back in sixth grade. Arachne was turned into a spider by the goddess Athena.
Lydia lets out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding for the past several seconds while she processed the information. Then, just like that, she's back in problem-solving mode. ]
That's fine. You're okay; when we get you back, Deaton will help us fix it, that's all. You'll be you again in no time, sweetie.
[ It's said with the same confident air she's gotten so incredibly used to putting forward when she's the exact opposite of confident. She doesn't like that she's feeling shaken by this revelation because it's not a part of her ex, back home. He'd have told her. So what that means to Lydia is that she's either talking to some sort of a clone of him or, terrifyingly worse, she's entered some level of a multiverse that she hadn't realized exists and that's going to make getting them all back really, really difficult. ]
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When he shows her his hands, Lydia sucks in a quick, sharp breath of surprise and, following the word he uses to describe himself, her eyes move up to his face. She's actually incredibly familiar with the word after her Greek mythology kick back in sixth grade. Arachne was turned into a spider by the goddess Athena.
Lydia lets out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding for the past several seconds while she processed the information. Then, just like that, she's back in problem-solving mode. ]
That's fine. You're okay; when we get you back, Deaton will help us fix it, that's all. You'll be you again in no time, sweetie.
[ It's said with the same confident air she's gotten so incredibly used to putting forward when she's the exact opposite of confident. She doesn't like that she's feeling shaken by this revelation because it's not a part of her ex, back home. He'd have told her. So what that means to Lydia is that she's either talking to some sort of a clone of him or, terrifyingly worse, she's entered some level of a multiverse that she hadn't realized exists and that's going to make getting them all back really, really difficult. ]
How is that possible, anyway...? Do you...know?