<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=194682.msg9730008#msg9730008">Quote from: Mac84 on 17-03-2014, 23:45:44</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">It was good that Effie was there, otherwise Ari wasn't completely sure she would remain upright. how does one watch "Themselves" being destroyed, and not be affected by it. True, it wasn't Her per say, but it was the ship she was modeled after. Seeing this, one could think it was an ill omen just starting out. As Effie wrapped her arms around Ari, her head slumped, and came to rest on Effies' wonderful breasts. They were surprisingly comforting as Ari took a moment to collect herself before she stood up again. "I...I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me." Ari stated as she initiated a quick Diagnostic.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"...No, I'm sorry as well, I should have thought of some way to break this to you more gently." Effie said, looking very sheepish  now at what had just happened. "But, still, that does give Cornelia's words a bit more weight to them..." she then mused. Seeing Ari's confused expression, she clarified. "One of the heavy cruisers back in the main Atlantic Fleet,<em>Cornwall</em>. She's had this belief for a while that somehow, when we took on these forms, we also took on a sort of.... what did she call it? A 'psychic echo' of the ships we look like; it sort of makes sense if you look at it right; you know how I have a tendency to use rocks and shoals as target practice? Well, according to the history books, the actual HMS<em>Effingham</em>was scuttled after she struck a submerged reef off the coast of Norway in 1940."