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[Oh.

The wine arriving draws his attention over, and the question holds it; he doesn't seem troubled by it, per se, though he doesn't seem to have expected it any, either - any hesitance in answering is more through just trying to work out how he wants to phrase it, because it's sort of...]

I was removed from an unfortunate situation as a child, and adopted some time later. 'Albert Wesker' was the name given to me by the authorities, since I wasn't capable of giving them my name at the time and no records of me existed stateside.

'Noah Isaacs' is presumably the name I was originally given. It wasn't something I'd thought about in a long time, until Retrospec felt the need to list it on the app.

[ Like Silver, is her first thought.

She ended up focused on the Mask Man thing at the time, but to think there's that sort of parallel? She tilts her head, but ultimately she just nods, looking down at the glass as she gently spins it. No records stateside, been here since he was ten. An unfortunate childhood.

... God, it really had been too much for him this whole time, hadn't it? ]

It really is an odd choice on their part, when you think of it. Both for yourself and for Silver.

Do you think so...?

[He knows about Silver, to some extent; not...all the details, but a fair amount. Enough to know it's similar, at the very least.]

Absolutely. After all, dregging up some old name that doesn't apply doesn't seem... it just seems strange. For him, it's not even that the boy whose soul he apparently has was named Gintaro, that one was named Silver in the first place.

[ Or so he'd said. ]

I don't think I knew what my original name was, in my past life. I was renamed 'Albert Wesker' there, as I was here, but I didn't remember any of it - I had to be told by the person that...

[...

That...what? He's not entirely sure how to quantify Spencer in that regard, it's...]

...The person that was responsible for my upbringing, I suppose.

[ . . . That's such a weird coincidence. Or... destiny? Or... Mmmmm. ]

She was just named Elda Marker, like me. The only complication I can think of is that her grandchildren changed the name to Maaka.

[ . . . Wait, out loud tht doesn't sound very different, does it uh- ] With an actual kanji, I mean.

[Hm.]

...I'd be interested in hearing more about her sometime.

I... don't know what more there is to say. Or well, that you'd want to hear.

[ She spins the glass with the wine in it. It's still so tasteless. ]

As near as I can tell, she was born in northern France or somewhere else in Europe,, and then that whole affair you saw in the fog happened. She went to Japan, and then lived most of her life there.

I see.

[He still doesn't know what to say, regarding the incident in the fog; it's...offering condolences seems odd, and he isn't sure what else he should think of that. But...well.]

...You know I'm willing to hear anything you'd like to talk about, don't you?

[ . . . ]

... What we ran away from - those fires? The reason I wanted to go back was that her family... my family? [ ... ] Father, mother, uncle, and my little brother all died there. She at the time thought they escaped to the woods, but... they must've. Everyone was dying around then.

[ It's disjointed, but she has... a small amount of context. ]

[When he moves a bit at that it's to reach out somewhat, as though he's considering taking Elda's hand, though the draws up short of doing it; he hesitates, his fingers curling inward toward his palm a bit before he ultimately decides against it and draws back.]

...I'm sorry.

[About...you know. Everything, kind of.]

It's fine. Even if it was me, it's not like I've held onto that pain forever.

[ ... ]

Anyway, after that, she moved to Japan.

Was it better there, then? To your knowledge.

Yes. ... I think so, yes.

[ . . . ]

At the very least she had a son and then later grandchildren, and they all seemed to be safe and healthy from what I've seen? But she clearly still held on to a lot of hatred from that time.

[ . . . ]

She tried to beat this one girl to death because... I'm not sure why really, but I think it related to that stuff with the fires somehow.

...Just from what I've seen, I can't precisely say I fault her for it. If that is in fact the case, at any rate - that's the sort of thing that doesn't die down easily. Though I'm likely preaching to the choir.

[ A nod. ]

No, no, I know. Honestly, most of those memories aren't so bad.

[ Mmm. Wine... ]

... This sounds so stupid, but almost the worst of it is that I think she was married most of her life to the same man.

...Worst in what way?

[There are several ways that could go, after all.]

[ FINISHING THIS GLASS... ]

I'm jealous of myself and that's stupid.

[...

Right, that's...what the hell does he even say to that? There's an entire glass in front of him to occupy his fingers with, just kind of toying with it a little bit while he considers, and that's just...]

I doubt it's much consolation to you, but I believe I had perhaps one acceptable relationship back then. Not the one with Excella, that was something else entirely... But one that was more or less normal. It wasn't very long-lived, however, and the rest were either strange or nonexistent.

I know I'm being silly, with my... that.

[ But he was so handsome and it felt like she married young and she got to have a bio-son and bio-grandchildren and... ]

You don't need to console me when I'm being silly.

[ The Excella thing though... yeah, shit. ]

I'm aware that I don't need to.

[ Oh. ... Oh, that feels warm. she smiles and... ]

In happier news... Silver asked me to draw up adoption papers. I'm still working that out now.

[ It's a little pointless other than to streamline inheritance because he's eighteen, but it... means a lot to her. ]

Did he...

[Huh.]

It's good to hear it, at any rate - I'm happy for you, Elda. It should be good for both of you.

[As always, it's understated, though it isn't insincere.]

It really will. Right in time for his birthday... hell, Toushiro's, too!

[ She laughs a little. ]

... Have you seen his monsters? They're incredibly impressive looking.

I've seen a few of them, yes. Though it's primarily been the blue alligator.

[...]

He comes over from time to time; I think he's determined to ensure that I leave the house at least a few times a month.

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