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Who: Varon and Resa/Esmerelda Vanuatu
What: Resa meets one of the Swordsmen for the very first time.
Where: Doma Stronghold
When: First year of Doma

No matter what the reason was, Resa would not come out of her room. The curtains were closed, the sheets wrapped around her as she stared lifelessly at the area of the bed.

Ever since she left Bridgeport, nothing changed. She was still the quiet, strange girl who would be suppressed with every drug known to man and was abused even beyond the point of recognition. Still, she would keep her mouth shut unless if she wanted to be subjected to even more tests and harm. The blanket hid the fact that she was paler than normal, as well as malnourished from the mistreatment she faced.

Soon, she flopped back and rolled over, still staring rather lifelessly at the walls that surrounded her. She wasn't told that she could go out, so she didn't. She wasn't told to get up and do this task, so she didn't. And so, she languished still as her mind worked against her to drive her further into psychosis.

Though, she didn't realize that her door was open just a crack. And that crack would be enough for anyone to hear a faint, quiet voice.

"Why..."

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"I'm good, Resa." He recovered and gave a small little salute. "Thought you could use the wake-up. Didn't think my shins would take the punishment, though. Nice shot!"

Nothing really seemed to faze him at this point. He really thought it was good for her to open up a little which was the purpose. He succeeded and he smiled. "Good t' see you're up an' at 'em."

That? That was enough to blindside her as she stared at him dumbly. Was this what it was like to have friends? She hoped it was, because this was the most alive she's been in a while.

And then? She laughed and actually sported a full smile for once, taking the younger boy into a hug.

"Thank you. You're... you're my best friend."

His large blue eyes blinked and stood rather stiffly at first. He wasn't used to people hugging him for any reason. Two years he spent in that prison without having this kind of contact really forced him into a position to smile at his work.

His arms slowly lifted to hug his new friend. "You're welcome? I was just doin' what I do best, I guess."

"She hasn't smiled like this in a while," said one of the agents who couldn't help but smile himself.

"He's right. I've been...well, nothing but a Mopey Mandy and no one likes that. So, I'm gonna try for us, all right?" Resa said, smiling at him.

He had to look up at both Resa and the agent. His short stature was hard to ignore, but this is a part of him that he learned to live with and knew how to handle well. "Well, as long as I helped, it's all apples."

The agents at first thought that Dartz had made a mistake bringing the newest member into the fold though that all changed when they saw results. "Do you think his master plan is to bring this unruly kid here to bring her out? I'm confused."

"'It's all apples'?" Resa had an inkling that she would soon need an Australian slang dictionary soon, if she'd spend this much time around Varon.

"Who knows? I'm just glad we don't have to be babysitters any more," he said with a shrug.

"Yeah, it means everything's gonna be fine. You'll see. Anyway, I gotta go. My legs feel like jelly from all that trainin'. I guess my room's the one with the name plate that's got my name on it. Can't miss it, really. Not that anyone would come in though. It's kinda empty right now." Now that he thought about it, he needed something to occupy the space. It was time to take up a hobby of some sort.

"Um, wait, before you go--" Resa ducked back into her room and rifled through the mess that it was now before giving Varon the picture she drew as well as a friendship bracelet.

"It's for helping me. I want to be your friend from now on, as well as your ally. I promise from now on, I'll get stronger."

He opened his palm to look at the bracelet. He put it on next to his rosary that he wore around his left wrist. The stone fragment he kept in his pocket for now, he needed to find a way to fashion it into something wearable and he wasn't into necklaces or chokers.

"Thanks!" He happily shows it off to the agents. "See!? If ya see it, leave it alone, got it?" He proudly announced.

The agents nodded their head. Varon turned to face Resa. "I should get you somethin'."

Seeing him place the bracelet next to his rosary meant a lot to her as she smiled more. She hadn't figured out a way to fashion her stone fragment yet, but she would soon find a way.

"Your friendship is enough. I don't need anything more."

"Too right!" With that, Varon was taken out of the room and toward his own dorm. "I'll see ya 'round!" He jumped and waved from over the agent's shoulders.