Forty-Fourth Theory [Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Filtered to Friends and Love Interests of Hamatos || Not Up to His Usual Standard

Raph is back.

[It should be apparent from his voice and his merely-mediocre filter that he has been up all night. After his brief message, the recording continues for a few minutes, possibly transmitting the muted voices of other Hamatos in the background, before the feed cuts out.]

Comments

[voice]

[forestpride.livejournal.com]

You have more than one brother.

[just a statement. But there wasn't a draft recently, so he can't mean that.]

Did he return to your home?

[voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Yes.

[To both. The details don't matter.]

[voice]

[forestpride.livejournal.com]

What did they do?

[she has a kind of matter-of-fact communication style that he may appreciate]

[voice]

[i_speak_softly]

[He does right now.]

Took him apart. Mostly put him back together. Left him in our yard starving and half-conscious.

[voice]

[forestpride.livejournal.com]

[she doesn't know a lot about what it's like to be a ninja turtle, okay.

But she does know what it's like to have your brother in peril. Donatello may hear the softest of growls coming through]

[voice]

[i_speak_softly]

[He'd be growling too if it would do anybody any good.]

As if he needs any help getting into a state like that...

[voice]

[forestpride.livejournal.com]

[ordinarily she doesn't offer. But.]

Will you need something?

[voice]

[i_speak_softly]

I - don't think there's much to do now, other than wait.

[voice]

[forestpride.livejournal.com]

I can ask Lady Amaterasu if she will watch for you.

[watch over their house, you know. Since short of anything else, that's the best she can think of.]

voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Who? [He's a little suspicious of unfamiliar guardians, right now.]

[ voice]

[forestpride.livejournal.com]

The Sun Goddess. She is a white wolf, the size of most other wolves.

[ voice]

[i_speak_softly]

[Interesting, but -]

Um, no, that's okay. But thanks.

[He's still awake enough to remember that there's a magical barrier around his house, and it's probably better if strangers don't discover that they can't approach the building.]