[ The people. It's always the people that make hardship worth enduring. ]
I worked in many different places, so I spent only a short while in each one. What stands out the most to me was a garden built on the top floor of a building. It was perhaps the only luxury that I could have afforded.
[ Time. The true price was time. ]
My teammates would come to find me there. There were trees and flowers that bloomed according to the seasons. They're hard to come by outside.
[ right. julius did mention he liked gardening, way back on jusis' first day. it gets a small smile out of him. ]
I can certainly imagine that would be a luxury. [ a pause. he's kind of already been set on a sentimental track. ] One of my classmates enjoyed gardening. She toiled to grow flowers over the course of our first year together and eventually gifted them to the rest of our class.
[ well—that's neither here nor there, either. ]
Did you like them? Your teammates, I mean.
[ is that too out of the blue. he was just thinking about his own teammates, none of whom he particularly cared for at first. ]
[ He closes his eyes, remembering their faces and voices. It's been so long since he last saw them. ]
I do. They each have their quirks, which got on my nerves a little at the beginning. However, they were people with good hearts. That was enough for me.
[ In a world where humanity is strapped for numbers, one learns to not be picky. ]
[ Being raised in isolation had led him to treat most interactions like tasks to be completed. Yet, his team had taught him that life was much more than that. ]
Thank you too.
[ He had lost his blood family, but his friends were more than enough to make up for that. ]
Once, a friend said to me: Believe in me who believes in you. We'll get through this together.
[ giving up is the first step to defeat and all that. he's resilient, if nothing else. it would be a more difficult claim if they weren't fortunate enough to still be in contact with the rest of the coven, even if the signets are sometimes strained. ]
I would extend the same sentiment to you. It hardly needs to be said at this point, but I'll assist you in any way I'm able.
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I worked in many different places, so I spent only a short while in each one. What stands out the most to me was a garden built on the top floor of a building. It was perhaps the only luxury that I could have afforded.
[ Time. The true price was time. ]
My teammates would come to find me there. There were trees and flowers that bloomed according to the seasons. They're hard to come by outside.
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I can certainly imagine that would be a luxury. [ a pause. he's kind of already been set on a sentimental track. ] One of my classmates enjoyed gardening. She toiled to grow flowers over the course of our first year together and eventually gifted them to the rest of our class.
[ well—that's neither here nor there, either. ]
Did you like them? Your teammates, I mean.
[ is that too out of the blue. he was just thinking about his own teammates, none of whom he particularly cared for at first. ]
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I do. They each have their quirks, which got on my nerves a little at the beginning. However, they were people with good hearts. That was enough for me.
[ In a world where humanity is strapped for numbers, one learns to not be picky. ]
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I could say the exact same about my own. It would seem we've both been blessed with good company.
[ here, too. it would be much harder on him to have a cellmate less approachable. he doesn't rush to say as much, but ... after a moment or two: ]
Thank you, Julius.
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Thank you too.
[ He had lost his blood family, but his friends were more than enough to make up for that. ]
Once, a friend said to me: Believe in me who believes in you. We'll get through this together.
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[ giving up is the first step to defeat and all that. he's resilient, if nothing else. it would be a more difficult claim if they weren't fortunate enough to still be in contact with the rest of the coven, even if the signets are sometimes strained. ]
I would extend the same sentiment to you. It hardly needs to be said at this point, but I'll assist you in any way I'm able.