"Mother? Mother where have you been? I-" the woman stopped short, when she saw who stood there. "Janie"
"I came to talk to you."
"How did you get in? This place is locked and I even used one of those dampeners."
"These?" asked Janie, holding up the pair of devices that she'd disabled "I want to make things right between us."
"Why? Sara raised you to hate everything about where you come from."
"I want to understand it more. I have Lynn and she deserves to know. You're family, aren't you?"
"Do you know what Sara did to us? She had her boyfriend come in and kill half of our group. She stole you, and almost destroyed Ori, my Mother."
"Why did she do that?"
"She hates us, even though we stand for a noble cause. You're my kid, so I got nothing against you. Don't blame yourself for her doing us wrong."
"I want to rejoin the family."
"You. Do?"
"I left everyone behind... these are my roots, Mama. This is where I come from."
"Ori would have to say yes to it, and she's gone."
"Please? I don't have anywhere else to go." Janie had to keep herself from smiling. She was down to this timeline, which meant Ori was in a jar somewhere.
"We'll do a vote later. Until then, get to work. I have a whole room full of stuff that needs price tags, then you can go boost some more things later."
"Thank you!" Janie rushed over and hugged Ella, who seemed happy at getting to know her daughter
"We've got to do something with your look, though. Hair, makeup... you can be much prettier."
"Thank you Mama! I've always wanted to know how to do things like that."