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Arlette didn't recognize her at first, and she didn't know how to feel about that. It had been such a long time since they'd seen one another... but how could she just forget her own sister? Keen stared at her in stunned silence for a moment, just processing everything.
There was so much about Arlette that was different now. The scars, signs of motherhood, even the look in her eyes was different; aged, saddened. Keen still remembered the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed youth she had played with in the mud, the cheerful girl she'd grown up alongside for the first six months of her life. Arlette had changed so much it was difficult to fathom.
But that just meant they had at least one thing in common.
Yeah, She said finally. Uh. It's been awhile...