Ahead lies...?

[Nephrite]

So can she just be a ghost if she wants to be? Huh.

"Hey, how do you feel?" Moore asks. "Any more... uh, solid?"

[Anastasia]

"I'm solid," Elena muses aloud, slowly.

A voice is heard, soft but familiar, none of the normal grumpiness in it. "I missed so many of them, so...happy birthday, Elena. Be happy."

[Nephrite]

Moore smiles and pats her on the shoulder. "I think that's the only time I've ever heard him not be curmudgeony."

[Anastasia]

"You idiot," Elena cries, but this time in happiness, as she hugs you to her tightly.

Xandra stands back with a warm smile on her face, saying nothing, merely watching it all.

[Nephrite]

Moore just hugs her back. "Welcome home." He says as he lets her have her moment.

[Anastasia]

"Thank you..." Elena sniffs, and then says, "...say," she says slowly, "You buy cute girls who ask you to cake, don't you?"

[Nephrite]

"..." Moore slowly sighs, but smiles.

He blinks, then a larger smile creeps onto his face. "Yes, that's right. Say, do you... by any chance, remember our anathemic knowledge talk now...?"

[Anastasia]

Elena considers, nods. "I can remember, but I'm not supposed to talk about those things lightly," she says, "That was included, because I know things other people shouldn't know."

[Nephrite]

Moore smiles and gives her a hug, nonetheless.

He's almost on the verge of tears himself, his voice overjoyed. "It's okay. The important thing is I fulfilled my promise to be able to talk to you about it. It may not be significant to Creation, but it's significant to me."

[Anastasia]

"One," Xandra murmurs, "Is that the answer?"

Elena meanwhile hugs you tight, a moment of shared happiness together.

[Nephrite]

"...So can you still be a ghost if you want to be?" Moore asks as he pulls away from her.

[Anastasia]

Elena turns incorporeal several moments and then back, "Ta da!"

[Nephrite]

"Good to know." Moore says. "Well, I have a lot more questions, but... I think you both deserve some snacks -- my treat, of course."

[Anastasia]

Thus, a moment of happiness as the three of you go off. For a brief time all the pressures of your life seem far away, duties momentarily put aside for simple companionship.

Okay, next move? This will start a new thread, FYI.

[Nephrite]

Before he goes back, he'd ask Elena to look over his research into Calley's stuff so far. If she's able to help, great, if not, that's okay too.

He would also ask if maybe she's aware of any libraries that he hasn't already gone to.