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[awesome_lilly]

Lilly'd meant to leave a note after her return to the bar last night, but a distracting conversation or two and her general exhaustion made it slip her mind. After sleeping in gloriously late, taking a long hat bath, and drinking two giant mugs of delicious coffee, she's ready to head over the Delicate Flowers office to check up on her business before going downstairs.

Only it appears the office is already occupied.

"Hello?" Lilly calls.

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Inara is the office, still trying to get through the stacks of paperwork that have been piling up since Lilly's been gone and Inara's inability to concentrate for very long.

Her head snaps up when she hears Lilly's voice and she jumps to her feet, running out to see if it's true.

"Lilly?? Lilly! Oh my god, you're safe!"

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly reaches out at the same time Inara does and the two girls hug warmly.

"I'm safe," she assures Inara's shoulder.

"I wasn't actually in any real danger, aside from potential panic attacks at the thought of not being able to get back, but I headed those off because I figured I would think of something. Which... I didn't, but I got back anyway!"

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Inara squeezes her tightly, before pulling back and holding her at arm's lengh.

"How? How did you get back? I'd asked everyone I could think of around the bar, but no one knew where's you'd gone? Did you go to another time? Because Belar said that's most likely what had happened."

She manages to stop talking, looking a bit sheepish.

"I'm sorry, I was just so worried about you."

[awesome_lilly]

"Well, whoever Belar is, he's totally right. Does that mean they've figured out what the hell is going on?"

Lilly doesn't really wait for an answer.

"Because I got dumped off in Scotland in 1805 and I tried to get a couple of Dreaming messages through but that was not too successful so I was starting to freak out a little and then I ran into this guy, Captain Will Laurence, who had actually been to Milliways and had a door and all and he smuggled me home."

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"Well, good thing for him." Inara brings her in for another hug.

"2 weeks! I was terrified. That may have been because of having Mal gone for so long. I really do not like this trend of my friends disappearing with no notice."

She pulls back again and pulls Lilly over to a couch. As they sit, she continues, "Belar has some suspicions, but he isn't sure who is behind the...attacks? I guess that's the right word. But you weren't the only one sent back in time. I haven't heard from him, so I don't know if he's made any progress."