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[a_sin_for_him]

Time is such a funny thing.

[Lust is sitting outside, clearly enjoying the early evening, and her Spheal and Eevee can be seen playing together in the background.]

It feels as though I just woke up in this world a short while ago, but tomorrow morning will mark a full year's passing.

When I first came here, I had nothing, not even my life. Now I sit here with my own home, family, people I call friends, a vocation of my own. I've been given a chance to know those I never would have before, offered opportunities that had been ripped away, handed the liberty to dictate my own actions and path in life.

And I think I hated this place, a little, at the beginning. The strangeness of it, the unfamiliarity, the changes it wrought in my physical form.

That's the thing about time.

It changes all things, eventually.

Comments

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[a_sin_for_him]

I mean only what I said. Before this place, my life and actions weren't my own to dictate.

[Video]

[wing_attack]

That sounds... pretty terrible. I'm sorry.

[Video]

[a_sin_for_him]

Honestly, the rest of the world seems more bothered by it than I've ever been. It was what it was, it's over now.

[Video]

[wing_attack]

[If only he could do that so easily...]

You're right. I didn't mean to bother you about it.

[Video]

[a_sin_for_him]

It's perfectly alright.

You have to understand, my basis of comparison is limited. When something is all you've ever known, it's neither good or bad, simply what is. If you've only lived in the darkness and believed darkness was all there was, sunlight is frightfully shocking and takes a great deal of time to adjust to.

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[wing_attack]

... Oh. I think I kind of get it, but... I can't really get it because I'm not you. But... even if you don't know me that well, you can talk to me if you need to.

[If Heather trusts her enough to live with her, she's probably an okay person. And they're all in this together, right? This... weird world.]

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[a_sin_for_him]

It's alright, I don't expect anyone who's lived differently to understand. Life experiences aren't uniformly equal, we can hardly expect them to be. I am what I am and you are what you are and those are very different things.

The offer is appreciated, but I'm not one who finds solace in discussions of the past. Even with those I hold close.

[It all comes out in fits and bursts, and she hates the pity and distress so often expressed on her behalf.

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[wing_attack]

Okay. I just thought I'd offer.

[Right. New topic, since he seems to be digging himself into a conversational hole.]

Are you ready for this month's show?

[Video]

[a_sin_for_him]

It's appreciated.

I think so. We've been practicing. I think we're going to impress, come showtime.

[Video]

[wing_attack]

I think my group should be okay. I'm pretty sure I'm not going to fall off this time.

[Regal can figure out his movements now, which is... helpful.]

[Video]

[a_sin_for_him]

That is the usual goal - not falling during a performance.

Unless one's a clown, I suppose.

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[wing_attack]

Yeah, no, I'll pass. I'm not exactly cut out for physical comedy.