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[sacredpath]

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[sacredpath]

Mm. I don't swim, but I like to watch the waves.

[it's very peaceful.]

It's been a very long week.

[clockpunk]

I read somethin' about movements like waves being calming. It's like... a natural reaction to the motions.

[ he sighs, drawing his knees up to rest his arms on them. ]

Every week feels like it's getting longer.

[sacredpath]

How are you feeling, lately? It isn't an easy thing for any of us to bear.

[but he's young, so presumably harder, especially this week.]

[clockpunk]

[ it takes him a moment to answer, his tendency to deflect at war with the sincerity he wanted to bring to this interaction. ]

...I feel like shit, honestly, but it'd be worse if I didn't. [ he scrubs a hand through his hair, sighing. ] As long as I feel bad, it means I'm not getting numb to it.

[sacredpath]

That’s a good way to think about it. I don’t want to let down our fallen friends by allowing their deaths to be the catalyst for abandoning hope.

So… we simply must try.

[clockpunk]

That's a good way to put it, too. Like giving up on them.

[ just keep swimming, and all that. ]

...the city you grew up in, what's it like? Everyone's from such different places, learnin' about a new one's always interesting.