As Clear As Crystal

A Late Night Visit

If you were honest; you didn't really expect much with Crystal coming to visit you again. She was only briefly allowed to be alone with you that one time, something you really did appreciate as it's amazing how much you grew to miss a conversation even so short after isolation. The brief discussion was nice even if it was short and you did welcome the idea of talking with Crystal again, even if you didn't expect it to happen. But she did manage it, it actually became a sort of routine.

It wasn't without some persistent begging but every day since her first visit, Crystal has visited you in your cell to just sit and talk with you. It made a nice change of pace from the monotony of just sitting there and waiting out the time for your next meal, use of facilities for hygiene's sake, or Gorgon intimidating you, it was nice to just have a conversation. You really appreciated Crystal putting in such effort in order to come and visit you, even if for brief intervals.

During these visits you wouldn't exactly do much but talk; Crystal would simply tell you about her day and what had been going on in Attilan, including unpleasant details of Maximus still insisting to his brother that you be executed. On your side of the conversations, Crystal simply wanted to know about the human world, about your world just so she could know what made you and the Inhumans so different that it demanded a complete isolation with no knowledge of the existence of the latter.

Due to your amnesia, which still hasn't cleared up, you couldn't exactly tell Crystal much about yourself, but you were able to recall stories of the superheroes of your world. You told her about the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the X-men. The Inhuman Princess took interest in this topic in particular, especially when it came to the powers which individuals had in the human world.

If people in the world you knew, or at least where you were from, had powers, then surely that meant Inhumans could live among you. This excited Crystal but you unfortunately had to burst her bubble by telling how it wasn't that simple, the X-men and other mutants did face hostility for their powers. Understandably, this confused Crystal as she wondered why other heroes like the Avengers and the Fantastic Four didn't face such issues when they had powers. Your only explanation could be that the aforementioned teams' powers were artificial, if not mythical due to Gods, whereas Mutants were a part of a genetic difference.

It wasn't a great excuse, you even stated that, but for whatever reason it may be for those who have powers in a more, for the lack of a better word, natural way, they were ostracised. This would likely include Inhumans. This would likely give credence to the isolation of Inhumans if they suddenly revealed themselves, as unfortunate a case as it was.

Now, that topic may have been a bit more of a downer, but it was still one that Crystal was interested in when she visited you. And for the week she paid you these visits, it made the fact you were a prisoner a little more bearable. Sure it wasn't ideal, the deprivation of your freedom obviously took a toll on you, but Crystal helped ease it just by being friendly with you. Truly you looked forward to them each day, even if they were brief from her sister cutting them short.

But would this be the case if the visit was not scheduled? This would be answered by the fact you were awoken in the middle of the night by the voice you had grown accustomed to during your imprisonment.

"Hey, hey wake up" Crystal called to you, making you grunt and groan as your eyes opened from you being roused from your sleep. You lifted your head from the pillow which Crystal had smuggled into your cell during one of her visits, it was much more comfortable than the one you had originally and made sleeping on the uncomfortable bed a little easier. You lifted your head and looked towards the door to your cell which was where you saw Crystal, smiling and waving you over.