[ though losing them might be a different story. ]
...Richie grabbed those Lord of the Rings books from the library for me, by the way. Can pass 'em on to you as I get through 'em if you want.
[ he's got kind of mixed feelings about it himself, given the other memories attached to that day, but. he was curious. even though he already vaguely knows all the major plot points. ]
But yeah, they are. Sort of funny how someone in a place like that can make up a world so much more similar to one of ours and call it a fantasy.
[ ... ]
This kid we knew, he had this "fantasy novel" he always carried around. Was meant to be about some kind of utopia. Place that sounded a whole lot like that world we were in... but a completely idealised version of it, obviously.
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Date: 2025-03-16 02:37 am (UTC)...Pretty fucked up thing to do to you. Sorry.
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Date: 2025-03-16 02:58 am (UTC)[i mean, what else is there to say about it.]
But I usually find it easy to ignore. I think I was just very surprised, even though I keep mixing up yours and his names, too.
[but del and andy are both names that people do call them.]
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Date: 2025-03-16 03:17 am (UTC)Sort of hard not to. Bloody weird havin' memories from two different lives.
...Anyway, in my case that actually is my nickname, so. Don't feel like you have to worry about it with me, at least.
[ it admittedly does feel kind of weird hearing it from some people, but it'd feel even weirder if basilio ever called him anything else. ]
But I'll be careful with yours.
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Date: 2025-03-16 03:29 am (UTC)Thank you. It is very alarming. But it's also not terrible, to have "childhood friends." [sort of says this jokingly, but it is nice.]
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Date: 2025-03-17 10:37 pm (UTC)[ though losing them might be a different story. ]
...Richie grabbed those Lord of the Rings books from the library for me, by the way. Can pass 'em on to you as I get through 'em if you want.
[ he's got kind of mixed feelings about it himself, given the other memories attached to that day, but. he was curious. even though he already vaguely knows all the major plot points. ]
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Date: 2025-03-18 01:49 am (UTC)[she didn't really realize those were real books. but they did sound sort of interesting. in the background, she barely knew the plot of them.]
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Date: 2025-03-18 04:36 am (UTC)There's the one called The Hobbit that comes first, sort of a prequel, and then there's three books in The Lord of the Rings proper.
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Date: 2025-03-18 12:57 pm (UTC)[...]
Wait, sorry, I forget what word you use for that instead.
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Date: 2025-03-19 03:44 am (UTC)But yeah, they are. Sort of funny how someone in a place like that can make up a world so much more similar to one of ours and call it a fantasy.
[ ... ]
This kid we knew, he had this "fantasy novel" he always carried around. Was meant to be about some kind of utopia. Place that sounded a whole lot like that world we were in... but a completely idealised version of it, obviously.