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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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[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.

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[bythewaves]

Mm - who moves mountains ... in time.

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[fuga]

a long time.
but i have time.

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[bythewaves]

May it not take as long as forever.

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[fuga]

perhaps not.
but i have as long as that.

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[bythewaves]

Oh? An immortal, then?

But having forever does not mean one wishes to take that long, eh?

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[fuga]

no.
it means one simply expects it.

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[bythewaves]

Perhaps! But one can also hope for more.

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[fuga]

as though hope is easy?

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[bythewaves]

If it was, would it be truly hope?

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[fuga]

perhaps not.
hope is easy for some.

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[bythewaves]

I sometimes wonder if that is true, or if they only think that it is.

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[fuga]

you think the mind tricks you?

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[bythewaves]

You might say so. Or perhaps we wish to believe it.