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Decimotercera ⚜ Roda [March 13th, afternoon; video]

[Today finds Fabiola perched somewhere high, and taking a well-deserved day off from her usual activities. She raises the hand holding a thermos- coffee, because she considers herself too mature a girl for something like hot chocolate- to the camera, and then takes a sip of her coffee, preparing herself to speak. She's not as long-winded as usual today, though perhaps it's for the best, considering what she wants to ask.]

I know a lot of people have left lately, and I know some of those here are better at handling it than others. So in the interest of helping those that do not take it as well as others...

[She shifts idly, peering over her hands at the ground below and scooting backward just a little.]

How do you make yourselves feel better, Death City? What do you do in order to keep pushing forward?

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No, not entirely alone.

[But there are less and less people who know of his past now. Or his and Kuroro's background.

He shakes his head.]

It's still different from living with a roommate.

No, it is certainly not the same as that.

[Or the same as living in a house with all of one's siblings, or those you work with.]

Have you stopped trying to make new friends, then?

I... can't avoid talking to people, of course.

Clearly- so... would it not do to try and make new friends, at least?

... You know, it was not so long ago that I was telling people not to be afraid to make friends here.

And now you are, I take it?

I'm not afraid. [wearily] But when the people I tell that to are the ones who keep disappearing on me, I can't help but start to wonder if there's any point in keeping that mindset.

It might be difficult, but letting yourself despair about it will not help at all.

No, it doesn't. [He smiles faintly.] Which is why I've been looking for things to occupy myself with.

Have you found anything in particular that works for you?

[Hmm.]

Housework, I suppose? Then there's my work at the clinic...

And I've been reading a lot, mostly about this world.

Have you learned anything interesting from your reading?

Lots of things. Did you know that this world has sky whales?

...sky whales? As in... whales... that live in the sky?

[...what.]

Yes. [For the first time since they started talking he sounds more amused than tired.]

There's a region where the air is dense enough to support flying whales, apparently.

...this world is far stranger than I had imagined.

[So much stranger, BT]

Isn't the weapon thing already weird enough?

Well- yes. But it only seems to get more absurd by the day.

I won't deny that. Suspending all disbelief is probably the easiest way to cope with living in this world.

...I am afraid I am not familiar with that saying- what does it mean?

It means to stop thinking critically and logically, and be willing to believe in the impossible.

Ah- well, I think that is something that most people have to do when they first arrive here, honestly.

It's not an easy mindset to keep, since we've only been here a few months at most. You were startled by the idea of sky whales just a minute ago.

Well- who really expects to be told about flying whales, even in this place?

Floating islands are a common theme in fantasy books. Flying whales are perhaps a bit harder to imagine, but it's not too big of a leap.

Edited 2012-09-28 13:39 (UTC)

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