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Tranquility.

[ The greeting comes from a woman who is longing about in a chair, all heels, business wear and red lips. She looks calm or at least, calm enough given the situation. There is a smile on her lips, as if this amuses her on a certain level.

But if her smile is silk her eyes are steel. ]

Quite a predicament, this is. My arrival seemed to be in tune with the message from our -

[ a faux! pensive pause ]

-- Graceful companion.

I will not ask of how one leaves or why are we here, as I have no intention to waste your time or my own. I will make one inquiry.

[ her voice turns strict, as if she is used to be making inquiries. ]

I am in search of a child. His name is Henry Mills, he is ten years old. If there is such a passenger aboard this ship, I would have him sent to me, I am his mother.

[ a pause; and then, another. ]

I would also ask of the portal through which we came here. I know all gain consciousness in what you call the couches. I mean to ask if we have knowledge of the portal through which we are transferred into the couches.

[ another smile, almost pleasant this time. ]

Much obliged.

[ and that would be all; there is a very limited amount of time in which Regina Mills can pretend to be nice. ]

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A lot of people tend to pin the blame on the captain of this vessel but he's not exactly around. It's bit of a pain in the neck if you ask me.

I heard of the absent captains and also of the mysterious presence that recorded that rather...interesting message and sent it to the entire network.

Does the captain ever speak to the passengers of this ship?

As long as I have been on board this ship, he hasn't. Prior to that, I don't know. There are other passengers who have been here longer than I have.

The chief engineer is the one who makes appearances.

And how long have you been here, miss - ?

And does the chief engineer informed enough to be able to answer the questions of the ships' prisoners?

Talbot. Bela Talbot. [She informs before continuing.] Almost nine months now.

She is. But I'd take my chances with the other passengers to be honest.

Miss Talbot. Regina Mills.

[ a nod before she considers. ]

I shall try both. You call your passengers and not 'prisoners', I find it interesting.

[ sugarcoating is not something Regina Mills ever did. ]

A pleasure to meet you.

[There's a polite smile to acknowledge that.]

I've used the term 'prisoners' before on a number of occasions. Some here mightn't be so pleased to hear that word being assigned to them so I use passenger instead.

They're grave fools if they will not admit to being what they are. Thinking of one as a guest rather than a prisoner lowers chances of resistance.

[ not that she needs help from fools but still. ]

Oh, there's certainly a lot of resistance. People don't like being messed with and they don't respond well to threats. I can't speak for everyone of course but I digress.

You consider yourself a prisoner?

What shall I consider myself when I am abducted, held away from my son and my town and against my will? An honored guest?

I didn't mean it like that. [Bela pauses.] It was a poor choice of words.

[ a tinge of a smirk. ]

Rephrase, by all means.

Rephrasing seems pointless now because you are being kept here against your will.

[ a smirk. ]

That I am. We all are, unless I am mistaken and some wish to stay here floating aimlessly in space.

I think that depends on the kind of lives they have back home. They might have it better here.

Truly unfortunate, indeed. I do hope you are not included in that specific group, miss Talbot.

[ the group who wants to stay does not interest her at all. Regina knows one thing, she must come back if it is the last thing she does; if others wish to stay, so be it. She is more interested in the ones who do not. ]

Definitely not. I have no desire to stay here; my life is back home, not on this ship.

Then we are in the same boat, or perhaps, the same spaceship.

I wish I could tell you that it gets easier the longer you're here.

It is alright, miss Talbot. I did not think it was. That is the issue with such prisons. They are always a prison, even after years.

[ and she only ever wanted to be free. the irony. ]

Agreed. You can dress this place up however you like but it's always going to be a prison. You're held against your will without much hope of returning home.

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