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[becomebetter]

Who: Shun Kenzaki
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: No
When: A few days after arrival

username: kenzaki

What's the point of all of this?
Not on a philosophical level.
We're told we're entertainment.

What purpose does this serve?
I don't believe in coincidence or fate.
People make choices and we're here because of that.

We were brought here.
I want to go home.
Is that going to happen?

[ Shun doesn't expect many answers but something, anything, would help. Give him a little bit here. ]

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[privateeyed]

[he can't help but snort, leaning back in his chair to cross his arms. But his look isn't dismissive, it's more considering than before]

There's plenty of stuff I haven't told anyone. Do I seem like the kind of guy who spills his life story to everyone?

[he sounds vaguely amused at the thought] Give me an example, then. I'll see if I can't think of something specific enough.

[becomebetter]

No, you don't.

[ And Shun wasn't sure if that helped or hurt the situation. The more people that knew the truth the harder it would be for the alien to lie. But. Maybe that would only supply the fuel they needed to fabricate a story. He'd go with facts Ben would tell him and only him. For now. A better solution might come up. ]

What's the first birthday you remember?

[privateeyed]

[his answer is immediate, despite the grumpy, sour face he makes]

Date-wise? November 16th. It's not mine.

If you mean like, event-wise . . . uh, my family didn't really do the whole birthday thing, my ex surprised me with, uh, birthday crap after I got out of the hospital, once. I was still in there when my birthday came around and like, he wanted to do something nice once I was out and shit.

[becomebetter]

No, not a date. Those are easy to guess and easier to find.

[ But the rest of the story isn't. That wouldn't be on paperwork. It's something that Shun could ask Ben to see if he was still himself. ]

What was unique about it? Something that sets it apart from every other birthday.

[ Was it the ex-boyfriend? The birthday crap? Something else? ]

[privateeyed]

[this is a terrible conversation, even if it doesn't seem like it is]

It was the first time we celebrated it together. [he should have ordered a drink] And I didn't have my arm yet. Or my eye, if I remember right. So it was pretty, uh, unique.