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[monolike]

...this is the neatest thing I've ever seen. I want one for home so bad.

-Right! This is Sorey, please leave me a message so I can get back to you!


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[airily]

If you don't wanna spend time with my you could just say...

[ Zaveid wouldn't blame him. ]

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[monolike]

No! No that's not it! I like your company, I swear.

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[airily]

You're leaping at the chance here, huh...

permatext.

[monolike]

I normally would. It's just that now's not a good time. It's not you, I promise.

permavoice.

[airily]

You sure you're alright?

[monolike]

[gosh, and he can't outright LIE. even though somewhere deep in his heart he knows this problem is more serious than he thinks, he can't just lie to someone concerned for him.]

I'm just not feeling up to it. I'd rather not go somewhere that'll end up making me feel worse. I have to be careful, after all. [for everyone's sake.]

I'm sorry.

[airily]

Alright. If you're sure.

[ Zaveid doesn't really want to give it up, not since he promised the others, but... ]

Don't apologise. I get it - the malevolence down here is... Something.

[monolike]

It's really that bad? [He should be down there. He should be protecting them, even if Zaveid and probably even Dezel don't need it because of their experience with malevolence. But that's not the point, he's a Shepard, he has a duty and he should be purifying that entire planet but he can't and-]

Could you look out for Mikleo? He's gotten much stronger, but he's so used to having a protective domain.

[airily]

It's not terrible, Sheps, we can handle it. They're all arguing and there's a whole lot of tension between the factions, but we can manage. It's no worse than being around any other human settlement. [ Which is true. It's no worse than all the things he saw wandering around alone, and he didn't have Sorey as his vessel back then. Just himself.

... But, jeez. Sorey and Mikleo are one hell of a pair, he thinks, and his voice comes after a short laugh. ]

Sure, sure. I'll keep an eye on him for you.

[monolike]

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it.

Have fun down there for me?

[airily]

Jeez, Sorey, it's like you don't know me at all. Ol' Zaveid always has fun.

[monolike]

Is that really true?

[monolike]

No- nevermind.

[airily]

Sorey.

[monolike]

Don't worry about it. I'm just fretting over nothing.

Have fun.

[airily]

C'mon, Sorey. If you wanna say something, or ask something, now's as good a time as any, isn't it?

[monolike]

[well... alright]

You told me before that older seraphim measure their life in moments instead of time, right?

[airily]

Yeah. When you get old enough you stop measuring the years and just think about what happens.

[monolike]

Did you ever have a time when you couldn't remember having any good moments? You know you must have, but when you try to remember them, you come up blank.

[airily]

[ ... Shit. ]

You want the serious answer, don't you? [ His voice is lower, now, quiet. ] I did. Knowing there were good times in the past, but not being able to name them? It's happened. I can remember it.

[monolike]

How

[monolike]

What did you do?

[airily]

You make a promise.

[ It comes out, easily enough. ]

Not an Oath, but a promise to yourself, or someone else. A promise that keeps you going, something for you to remember. No matter how bad it gets, you have something to keep fighting for, something you need to do, and it makes you stronger.

[ "When I become a dragon, kill me. I don't want Edna to have to suffer for it."

But what about him? Why didn't Eizen worry about how he would suffer for it? ]

[monolike]

['Filk Zedeya' Sorey murmurs to himself. Of course.]

What if your promise is part of the problem?

[airily]

[ Now he kind of wants to be sick. ]

Then it's harder, but you still keep going. Promises aren't made to be broken.