[ The question earns a pause and she chews thoughtfully on a few fries as she mulls it over. ]
I've wondered the same. I haven't heard of it happening, but that doesn't mean it hasn't. I don't know what the consequences would be, but β [ She shrugs one shoulder then takes a bite of her cheeseburger, only bothering to chew a few times before talking around the mouthful. #ladylike ] The Natha keep a close watch on things. If they can wake us up, it stands to reason they can put us back to sleep. [ She swallows, swipes a thumb on the edge of her mouth to flick away a sesame seed. ] Friends of mine have returned to stasis without warning; some come back, some haven't.
[ Claire Fraser disappeared for three days and returned to them, albeit with twenty years' worth of new memories. Edmund Pevensie, on the other hand, returned to his pod and hasn't come back since. And he'd been old hat at this "new world" business, she doubts he'd have said anything to draw attention. ]
But they aren't the type to tell the Nysans about all of this, so that remains a mystery. Of course, it's in everyone's best interests that we stay as under the radar as possible. There's bad blood between the north and south and it seems we're about to be caught in the middle of it, whether we want to be or not.
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I've wondered the same. I haven't heard of it happening, but that doesn't mean it hasn't. I don't know what the consequences would be, but β [ She shrugs one shoulder then takes a bite of her cheeseburger, only bothering to chew a few times before talking around the mouthful. #ladylike ] The Natha keep a close watch on things. If they can wake us up, it stands to reason they can put us back to sleep. [ She swallows, swipes a thumb on the edge of her mouth to flick away a sesame seed. ] Friends of mine have returned to stasis without warning; some come back, some haven't.
[ Claire Fraser disappeared for three days and returned to them, albeit with twenty years' worth of new memories. Edmund Pevensie, on the other hand, returned to his pod and hasn't come back since. And he'd been old hat at this "new world" business, she doubts he'd have said anything to draw attention. ]
But they aren't the type to tell the Nysans about all of this, so that remains a mystery. Of course, it's in everyone's best interests that we stay as under the radar as possible. There's bad blood between the north and south and it seems we're about to be caught in the middle of it, whether we want to be or not.