The beautiful, dark haired woman​ that Claudia took the form of when she chose to look human met Katy and Gramps as they disembarked from the Stargod at Adam Forwarder's supremely well-fortified compound just north of Seatrailia. Katy kept silent. Taking her arm, Gramps guided her gently along. 

​     "We have food and a place for you to rest, if you'd like," Claudia said. 

​     Katy smiled, but it was a tenuous smile, a sort of disconnected smile, like Katy said, "I don't really know what I'm doing here or who you are but you seem friendly so..."

     Claudia whispered into Katy's ear, "Don't worry, dear. You're with friends. We'll find a way to work all this out."

​     A little behind Katy's back, so that Katy couldn't see it, Gramps shot Claudia a look like, yeah, right. 

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