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[sacredpath]

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[sacredpath]

I still think you're a bit young to have already gone through a lot of changes and come out the other side with a firm sense of who you are. I'm decades older than you are and quite new to this.

[she stands by what she said.]

[clockpunk]

I had a lot of help. [ he smiles, a little pointedly. ] It's not exactly firm, either. But setting a goal and working towards it, it's harder than it sounds, isn't it? Even findin' that starting point's a whole problem on its own.

[sacredpath]

Will you tell me about that? The ones who helped you?

[she's curious to know what he means.]

[clockpunk]

Oh... sure.

[ he's a little surprised, but... he loves his friends. talking about them is no problem. ]

I didn't make friends at all until about three years ago. The ones that I made at first had to stick with me through learnin' how to actually, y'know, be one. [ a light laugh. ] We didn't get along at all at first. Strong personalities that didn't match up. But we stuck through it, and they stayed with me even when my problems became everyone's problems. I was able to get to know others, too. Before I knew it, I was surrounded by people who cared.

[sacredpath]

[aww.]

I never really had friends, either. Maybe one, when I was very young. But I've been on my own for a long time until very recently.

[clockpunk]

You wanna share a bit about 'em, too? You've got a lot of friends here, but I'm guessing that's not who you're talkin' about.

[sacredpath]

Well, I am a little. I've known all of you, at this point, longer than I've known the ones at home. We were just traveling together. We all had the same problem and we all needed the same solution, so it made sense.

But I do like them, for the most part. Very capable people, and some of them are also awful people, but some of them are really very decent.