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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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[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.

[monolike]

That's right.

You're right.

They're not.

[airily]

No matter how hard they are. No matter how much you hate making them. They're there, and you can't just stop. It doesn't work like that.

[ And, now, his voice is hoarser, sadder, and a little like he's fighting back something. ]

[monolike]

Zaveid?

[airily]

Yeah, Sorey?

[monolike]

[it takes a moment, but:] Are you all right? If there's anything you need to talk about, I'm here.

[airily]

[ He hesitates, and there's quiet for a moment, but then - ]

Some promises are hard to keep, that's all.

[monolike]

Are you still working on some of them?

[airily]

Not as many as I was. You helped with that.

[monolike]

[Zaveid's always been mysterious, but Sorey knows he hasn't done something like that for him.]

What do you mean?