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Uh, hi.

[ can she have points for effort? the wave she gives is more uncertain than friendly, like she's not entirely comfortable addressing the entire network (she's not). she figures it'll work for everyone else the same way it does for her. when Emma has something to offer, she answers. when she doesn't, she leaves it to someone else.]

My name's Emma, and as a lot of you have already noticed, I'm new here.

[ she's been called out on it enough to know that it's obvious. some part of her still doubts everything here and it bleeds into conversation too easily. most people have been here long enough to accept this reality, but Emma's still thinking of home.]

I'm not gonna pretend that my first instinct wasn't to wallow in my disappointment until my family wakes up, but I know there's a lot to be done here. I've seen all of you getting things done here, and I just wondered... how have you been able to use the skills you learned in your home world to keep you busy in this one?

[ because it's time for her to think about taking on a job, and making a difference, and she's pretty sure that doesn't mean a sheriff's badge and a cruiser anymore. so far, she's been part of the clean-up effort, but she needs something else to get by on.]

Back home, I was the sheriff in a town called Storybrooke, Maine. Here, I don't know. How did you know where to start?

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How's that working out for you so far?

[ he's right, she knows he is. maybe what she's looking for is less the job and more the chance to feel like she's doing something useful here. it's not that the job needs to stick, it's that this world is their only choice.]

So far, so good.

I'm working at the dragon pens in Wyver.

I'm used to farm work. The dragons are new, but it's easier to get used to than you might think.

I thought you were a newspaper reporter. Felt like a change of pace?

[ the dragons seem like they'd be the most intimidating part.]

That's pretty badass.

I am.

But I grew up on a farm. In a lot of ways, that's something from home I didn't lose.

And nothing quite like a dragon to put things in perspective.

My dad was the same way. No matter how his life changed, he never stopped being a farmer's son.

[ the past tense isn't entirely appropriate, but right now it is. she has to stop feeling like her family is going to wake up at any minute. odds are, it's gonna take some time.]

How do the dragons help you keep things in perspective?

Well, it's sure not a cow, that's for certain.

But it's still an animal. It's new but it's not really new; you still have to muck and feed and water.

There's a lot of new to deal with but that doesn't mean who we are and what we know isn't good anymore. It just has to shift a little.

And that means making the leap from cows to dragons?

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It means realizing that in some ways, cows and dragons are pretty similar and in some ways they're different.

Do you like them for the similarities, or the differences?

I like them individually as creatures, but on the whole they're all right.

There's this doe-eyed sweetheart who likes to come over for pettings while I'm mucking or bringing in water who's probably my favorite.