driftfleet | (no subject)

Entry tags:

(no subject)

Who: Leto + You
Broadcast: Video
Action: N/A
When:

[ The video flickers on to Leto sitting on his bed, kicking his legs briefly. He grins when the video starts recording, pushing himself onto his feet. He tilts his head, that odd bird-like movement he often exhibits. ]

I have heard some interesting things of late, so I thought I'd put the question to you all. When you fall in love, can you only love one person? Can you fall in love with multiple people? Is love something you find yourself stopping after just one?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ He considers this. ]

Ghani, perhaps. She never showed much interest in others. But she doesn't have the same experiences.

[She wonders if it's just the way of his world more than anything.]

Are any of them here?

[ He hesitates. ]

Two. One of them remembers me.

[ He leaves it at that. He doesn't want to put Susan in an awkward position. ]

I'm sorry, Leto. [Being forgotten by someone you love... How many times was she afraid Reid would come back like that after he disappeared? Then again, it might have been more merciful than what actually happened.]

[ He shakes his head. ]

I have enough. And who knows? They might be happier for it. Who am I to deny that?

Maybe you are on to something. You seem like you handle it well. [She can't say the same of herself when things take a turn.]

Mmm. It's easier when you love more than one person. More foundation for your life.

[Even if only one of them is here?] Well, there's love and then there's love...

Edited 2016-04-20 02:49 (UTC)

I'm afraid I do not follow.

Romantic love and then the love of friends and family.

[ Ah. That. He keeps quiet on that front. As much as he likes to proclaim his love for his sister, most likely it would get lost in translation. ]

It is important to have a lot of love in your life.

Yeah, well... Not always possible.

No. But no less important, I find.

[She's just quiet for a beat before she repeats more quietly.] No less important. [Always a little love starved even in the good times. Or good-by-comparison times.]

Especially in difficult times.

Can't disagree there. Probably why I mar... [She cuts herself off. Maybe not something to reveal over the network publicly just now when she hasn't mentioned it to Winn yet.]

I should be doing things. [Because there is just so much on her plate to get to what with the nothing and all.]

Are you not doing things?

Well, I'm talking to you which counts as a thing I'm doing I guess.

But I assume that's not what you mean.

No. I meant other things. [Like not talking about love.]

If you wish to move on from this topic, you can simply say so.

...It hasn't always been the easiest topic for me, [She wonders for a moment if he already knows that. She's not sure how much he's looked at] but I am the one who decided to speak up.

Does it help?

Talking about it?

Mmm. It can be cathartic.

Though perhaps doing it through the network is probably unhelpful.