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Getting back from Daedalus, Sasha found himself wandering back towards Ian’s home a little slower than normal. He was tired, so very tired, and he couldn’t quite shake the memory of Amel he’d seen up there. It felt like it hadn’t been long since he’d seen them last before he’d been trapped in stasis. But the loss was there again as he knew they weren’t around, they couldn’t be if Ian was.

Feeling his phone buzz, he pulled his sleeves up to grab at it in his pocket and read the messages. It didn’t make him hurry but it also didn’t make him slow down anymore. The offer of something fresh to eat seemed really good after he’d been working so hard to help.

Letting himself in, he made a beeline for the counter and hopped up to sit on it with the bowl of fruit in his lap. Some of them looked new and he recognized the ones that he’d liked the most before standing up on the counter to reach for the back up jar of honey. The sugar would help and he welcomed the sweet taste of everything he ate after all that pollution and poison he’d been subjected to on that planet.

Sending a text to the other just with one word, here, he settled back down with the bowl and honey and ate through it slowly. The green fruit that looked star shaped was new but he liked it once he got over the waxy outside texture. Huddled over the fruit, his eyes were still puffy from where he’d rubbed tears away after things.

Nodding as they came down, he didn’t turn around at first as he ate. They were all good and helped him feel a bit better even as he rubbed at his eyes with a hand. Even if it hadn’t been real he still missed seeing Amel on that planet in the fog.

Ian was nice though but he wasn’t sure with how things were. It had been a quiet few weeks since they’d found him and brought him here. Sniffing for a moment, he started eating another of the star fruit. Trying not to think about what he’d seen while helping the other senshi.

Shaking his head at first, he squirmed a bit to try and eat more of the fruit. Looking down at the bowl in his lap, he frowned a bit more. This wasn’t just a normal thing and they weren’t one that wanted to do space things. Sure he was still hurting from things, still ached all over but that wasn’t their problem to deal with.

“Tired.” Rubbing his face again he kept his head down. If anything he did want to go back to sleep, just as he’d been told to up on that planet. He’d done a lot up there while helping and he was tired still from it all and getting bumped around.

Thumbing one of the holes in the pants he was wearing, he wondered if there was any more of the star shaped fruit. It did help him feel a bit better.

Looking up at them, he blinked in confusion for a moment. “Stars?” Touching his own face he didn’t feel anything so he wasn’t sure if they were just saying that to get him to talk more. He shook his head about the crying again and finished the starfruit he’d been eating before setting the empty fruit bowl back down on the counter and closing the jar of honey back up.

Puffing up his cheeks as he looked down at his hands and saw little stars on them too. He was very confused for a minute and wondered if they’d been because of whatever he’d been exposed to in space. Worrying for a moment he scooted back. “Oh no.” What if it was contagious? They didn’t want to be involved in things and if this was from that… But he wasn’t hurting from that, they didn’t itch either so he was just confused. Pulling up his sleeves, he saw more of the stars dotting his skin even where he had some bruises from where he’d been knocked around and fallen.

“Space… I was in space… fighting.” Maybe they’d know if it was something he’d picked up from there. But he didn’t want them to get sick either.

Hesitating for a bit more, he finally decided to hop back down off the counter and follow the other up the stairs to the bathroom. Looking at his face in the mirror, he saw all the stars and poked at them while staring. They didn’t hurt or itch, if anything they didn’t have any feeling to them like his normal spots did. They… were the same color as one of the fruits he was eating though and that had him wondering.

Without much thought, he pulled off the hoodie and shirt he’d been wearing to see if there were more stars. He couldn’t see his back but there were a few stars on his chest and stomach, not as many as were on his face and arms. The bigger bruise on his side from someone’s elbow was darker than the stars but it didn’t really bother him as he looked at things.

Remembering that Ian was in there too, he tensed up and went to pull at least his shirt back on. Shaking his head about the crying again, he was adamant that things were fine. “I’m okay.” Looking over them again, he could see little things that reminded him of the person he’d seen in the fog and it hurt. It was a topic he’d stopped really being up after the first night here because it didn’t make sense in a way. So he decided to divert to the other part of the question even if maybe some of that hurt was still on his face and in his posturing.

“Poison monster, big.” Stretching his arms out to try and give form to the thought of how much larger the thing had looked. “Saved Daedalus.” Nodded firmly he was glad to see someone’s planet saved and it had given him ideas for his own homeworld. Places he might root out the chaos so he could start fixing things. The people were gone, that was something he knew he couldn’t fix, but he was hoping at least some of the plants and creatures might return. If he could make something of things again it would be nice, something to honor who had been lost.

Deciding to sit on the edge of the bath, he rolled up the overly long pant legs and saw a couple stars on his shins. “Stars like the fruit?” Tilting his head as he looked up at them and brushed a hand over his antennae. There hadn’t been any on them but it was still a habit of his to brush over them to make sure nothing was stuck in them.

Nodding again as he started to smile. “Both senshi and planet.” Very proud of himself at the outcome even if things had gone a bit roughly. Rubbing his hands together, he still needed to go and see about going back to his home and trying to look for the source of things. It would take time, he knew there was a lot of ground to cover but he needed to start somewhere.

So it wasn’t something from space, maybe just odd fruit. That made things a bit better but when they went to touch his antennae he reached up and grabbed their hand roughly to stop them. “No touch.” Furrowing his eyebrows they sort of twitched a bit but otherwise stayed still. They were sensitive to touch and he didn't really want someone other than Amel or himself touching them. Frowning for a moment as he looked at them and their hand for a moment, he let go carefully.

“Sorry.” He didn’t want to hurt them or startle them since they were helping him out so much but he was still trying to figure things out. Picking out all the similarities and differences between who they were and who they are now had been making things a bit hard but he couldn’t help it. Especially after seeing what he saw on Daedalus. Huffing, he fumbled with the edge of his shirt, wrapping his hands in it and stretching the fabric a bit. “Saw Amel… in the fog.” Quieter than normal, he frowned more and felt like crying again.

Sasha made a nose and scrunched his face up, he didn’t like hearing what they were saying. It couldn’t be a both situation, it was one or the other but it wasn’t his place to say things would’ve been better otherwise. “He’s gone, dunno when…” And he had no way to know what had happened or if things would still be the same after all this time anyway. “You’re here though, still good.” Because they were still kind, still trying to take care of them even if it might not be for the same reason anymore.

“Lost everyone, not just him.” He was still bitter about it though, he’d tried to warn them but they hadn’t listened to him when it mattered most. Maybe that’s why he’d gotten trapped where nobody could get to him, something his world had done to try and make sure there was a way forward. He had some ideas, but nothing really concrete as he figured things out. Dipping fingers into the water, it felt nice and warm without being too hot.

Shifting again, he pulled the shirt off again and put it on the floor before standing and getting out of the too-long jeans after fumbling with the belt. It was the only way he was able to keep them on but it was still a bit of a pain to figure out. After that, he got in the bath and looked over at them, it was a bit awkward still for him now that he was figuring things out but he didn’t mind the company. “Not the same but still nice.” The rest he might figure out at some point if they would take him back to Chaldene. They might not know the way but he still wanted to look and see what had happened.

Poking their face he puffed his cheeks up again. “Ian not Amel but still good… still cute.” Looking away again he slouched into the water up to his nose and scrubbed at his face, trying to get some of the lingering dust and pollution off him even if he knew it was already gone. It almost felt like there was a film over him and it was gross.