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[fuga]

Who: Lauralae & you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Starstruck
When: Now

do you ever question why they brought you here?

what have you learned, since?

has it been worthwhile?

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[fuga]

i see.
how fortunate for you.

[ And it's said genuinely, even if it might sound sarcastic. ]

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[bythewaves]

I am more fortunate than most, I think. What of yourself?

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[fuga]

i am not fortunate.

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[bythewaves]

Then I grieve that it is so. Is there no joy for you in this place?

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[fuga]

there is some.
but i am not one bred for joy.

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[bythewaves]

That is a grief - but I suppose that makes the joy the more precious, when it comes unexpected.

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[fuga]

all joy is unexpected.
if we expect it then it is something else, i think.

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[bythewaves]

Is it? I suppose that might be so, but I think there is little difference in the end result.

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[fuga]

joy is joy.
that is true enough, as rare as it might be.

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[bythewaves]

Mm - it is the little things, sometimes, that light the way.

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[fuga]

very little, i think.
but it is possible.

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[bythewaves]

Sometimes even just to see the next step ahead is enough, I think.

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[fuga]

that is a very simple view.

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[bythewaves]

It is. But sometimes the small things are enough to carry the larger.

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[fuga]

and in the cases where they are not?

[ Questions in circles are rather Lauralae's speciality. ]

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[bythewaves]

Then we needs must look for the greater, else wallow in despair.

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[fuga]

so we are always searching for something small.

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[bythewaves]

I think it is our nature to search for the great. But it is in the small that we find our comfort and courage.

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[fuga]

do you have comfort and courage here?
not all natures are exact. i do not wish for comfort. only freedom.

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[bythewaves]

Enough to get by? Aye, I do. If freedom is not to be had here, then I will be grateful for joy.

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[fuga]

perhaps joy would be enough.
if it is possible to gain it.

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[bythewaves]

Ah, but did you not yourself say that joy that is expected is perhaps not joy at all?

It comes as it will, I think. And there is joy in small things, as well as in the large.

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[fuga]

perhaps so, yes.
joy will come and it is down to us to decide if we wish to accept it.

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[bythewaves]

Even so.

I hope that your small things will be enough to bear the larger.

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[fuga]

like an ant.