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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.

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[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

It's pretty wild, isn't it?

_{[Well look who's actually awake.]}

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

It's amazing, this place.

[There's not another word he can think of. Envy's inside, but he might join her out there in a minute.]

What it gives us.

[video]

[a_sin_for_him]

It is.

I remember how I felt about you in the beginning, too.

We've come a long way.

Banana Man.

[video]

[a_sin_for_him]

I never could have conceived of this place, before.

Who would have thought when you came to pick me up, that we'd end up like this a year later?

[loveisanopendoor]

Hey, you and I both got here on the same day! Congratulations!

[She seems genuinely happy to hear that she's come to like this place...]

I'm glad to hear that your opinion changed. I always kind of liked this place, but after my sister came here, well, now it's kind of like paradise, really! I almost don't want to leave!

[a_sin_for_him]

Did we? Congratulations yourself.

I was lucky, my brother was already here when I arrived. I have come to be fond of this place. This life.

I don't intend to leave, if possible. I don't see why it shouldn't be.

[loveisanopendoor]

Well, I mean, I kinda have to go back home sometime. I mean, as much as I don't really want to go back, it's kind of selfish to stay here while we should be running a kingdom...

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[That sleepy little half-smile he usually wears quickly warps itself into a frown.]}

Yeah.

[video]

[a_sin_for_him]

I'm only teasing.

I'm fond of you, Henry.

[a_sin_for_him]

There's no choice in it for me, I have nothing to go back to. And nothing I'd want to return to, if circumstances were different.

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

[He lets out a laugh.]

I had an idea you might like this place. But the house is a surprise.

[His grin is amused, but there's genuine fondness in it. He's not sure how to say it, but he's so proud of her, and how she's found happiness. He always thought she deserved to come here more than he ever did, and now look. He smirks a little, teasing.]

I remember you didn't look too happy when we did first meet up, in all that rain.

[video]

[a_sin_for_him]

You were right.

[She laughs.]

I was miserable. Wet and cold and confused... I was so glad to see you.

[loveisanopendoor]

Then I hope you're here for as long as you're able, really. Especially if this place if your home, now.

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry tries to flatten his mouth back out into his default neutral but now it's warping in the other direction.]}

You're okay too.

_{[BUT NOT YOU'RE JIGGLY PUFF.]}

Has it really only been one year?

[Video]

[foolishwren]

_{[Heather has probably been JUST A TAD SCARCE in Lust's presence ever since the Dream Prom... but video is fair game, and besides... it wouldn't be cool to pass up the opportunity to wish her friend a happy anniversary.]}

Time flies, huh?

Congratulations.

[video]

[a_sin_for_him]

A year's a very long time.

[Video]

[a_sin_for_him]

So it would seem.

I don't think I've ever kept the same company for an entire year before - family aside, of course.

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

I was glad to see you too.

[It had been such a long time since he had.]

And now I see you all the time, and we can do whatever we want.

[video]

[a_sin_for_him]

As long as there isn't law enforcement in the immediate area.

[video]

[exeggutorhead]

Ha, no need to be that careful.

We can outrun the law enforcement.

[video]

[a_sin_for_him]

That's where you and I differ. Running's so undignified, I'd rather avoid it altogether.

[video]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[The truth is, the years are growing shorter for Henry. And he's getting nervous. His story back home isn't finished.]}

Are you going to celebrate? I've heard of people treating this day like a birthday.

[video]

[a_sin_for_him]

I already celebrated my birthday on my birthday. I'm lucky, I actually know when mine is.

But a year's passing needs acknowledgement.

[Video]

[stitchedupbodyguard]

....A lot can happen, in a year's time.

[Veronica didn't speak much on the network, but this one caught her attention.]

I worry about it, sometimes.

[armoredsoul]

It really does. I'm so glad you've found a home here.