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"Mmhm…" She nodded in response to his words, her eyes downcast. Just thinking about it filled her with such dread it made her feel almost sick. What happened to her mother? To her auntie? Why couldn’t she remember her father? Did she have a father? What had happened to her other aunts, and uncles? Why had her mother vanished? All the worries flew around her mind constantly, plaguing her endlessly. She wanted to find out the answers, but she did not know where to start.

"You will…?"

Of course, there was no reason for him not to help; her mother was his aunt, too, and he was obviously worried about the future too. But still, it was a relief for him to say that. Of course, she trusted Ryan and Lars with her very life, but having Laurent helping them too made her feel even more secure.

"Of course I will! Why wouldn't I?"

He nods once more, and with reluctance, with hands shaking,  takes her hands into his own. God he was such a god damn weenie.

"I-I’m sure Ryan would be alright with it if you visited, truly! He likes you really!" … Perhaps that was a bit of a lie. She never understood why Ryan disliked her friends so much; he liked Pandora, of course, as she was Bianca’s very best friend, but why he disliked Laurent, Ezra and Emory so much escaped her. She supposed it was just a boy thing. "I don’t know why he dislikes you so much, you’re so kind to me, after all…"

"Yes, I hope so too… I miss Lars a lot, after all…" At his next question, Bianca hesitated slightly, bringing her hands to her chest, fingers clenched tightly. In the future, in the future… It was strange to say, but her memories of the future felt hazy, almost surreal. She wondered why. Then again, the future… Did seem to be falling apart. Perhaps her uncertain memories were a side effect?

Carefully, Laurent listened to Bianca. The future was a scary place, from what he recalled. Actually, scratch that, he didn't remember much. He didn't remember a lot of things actually -- how he went from one place to another, then suddenly he was in a much modern time. It bothered the eldest of the Vale family even more. It nagged at him constantly.

Slowly, did Laurent nod his head. It was understandable, yes. But coming back in time was no easy task, he knew from experience. It's likely they used one of Meghan's machines to enable them to return to the past.  He was sure by the point they returned, they might have been mentally and physically exhausted.

"They disappeared, huh?" His eyebrow quirked upward, " That is quite concerning, mm." He cupped his face with his hand then, "I wonder what the cause of it was...."

Whatever happened to them, he'd need to figure out. He was sure his mother didn't know what happened either, thinking about it. And now, they were all on their own concerning what happened to Ryan and Bianca and Lars' mothers.

"Well, the fact is… Marz von Ludowing doesn’t exist here. He hasn’t existed in several years."

It was strange for the conductor to bring it up. Then again, this was an alternate world, with alternate rules put into play and all that jazz. There was bound to be things that certain people wouldn't bring up.

"Mm. I see," He nods, "I'm guessing he wasn't exactly fond of them?" The conductor he knew was also, well, not exactly fond of the other either, but for other personal reasons.