[--a brief final moment of that dazzling lightness, before she settles into listening once more and the boring heart of it all.]
I suppose I understand what you mean. But I would argue that friendship--company, companionship, whatever you'd like to call it--is worth risk and even the occasional bitter end. What else do we have in this life but those we surround ourselves with?
[Lonely is what she thinks, again. But she lets it pass for now, picking up his cue.]
Is that so. [Personal investment.] And would you mind telling me what you mean by that, exactly, in this situation? Rifters might have different references and turns of phrase, after all, and I want to make sure I have your meaning clearly.
My dear Seeker, I trust your radiant powers of deduction. Surely it wouldn’t be too difficult for a perceptive creature like yourself, to figure out what you mean to me.
Just how dear you are.
[Or that he'll be watching with interest as she makes her way in this weary world— in good company or otherwise.]
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Date: 2021-10-07 12:31 am (UTC)[--a brief final moment of that dazzling lightness, before she settles into listening once more and the boring heart of it all.]
I suppose I understand what you mean. But I would argue that friendship--company, companionship, whatever you'd like to call it--is worth risk and even the occasional bitter end. What else do we have in this life but those we surround ourselves with?
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Date: 2021-10-07 08:02 am (UTC)[He inhales brightly after that, though. Clicks his tongue against the back of his teeth, voice sweet as a songbird:]
That said, for the sake of my own personal investment: I support you. I’d even like to think you might just be right—
Although I suppose the only way to test that theory would be to leap in, feet first.
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Date: 2021-10-13 04:26 am (UTC)Is that so. [Personal investment.] And would you mind telling me what you mean by that, exactly, in this situation? Rifters might have different references and turns of phrase, after all, and I want to make sure I have your meaning clearly.
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Date: 2021-10-14 05:51 am (UTC)My dear Seeker, I trust your radiant powers of deduction. Surely it wouldn’t be too difficult for a perceptive creature like yourself, to figure out what you mean to me.
Just how dear you are.
[Or that he'll be watching with interest as she makes her way in this weary world— in good company or otherwise.]