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[lucentia]

HELLO

"Greetings."

GOODBYE

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[vacuous]

Oh. Yeah, thanks...

How did you say you knew me again? Through my niece...? Which side? I guess it doesn't matter that much. You're... a tutor...? English?... She's probably too young to be learning English yet, huh. How?

[lucentia]

Ah, apologies—I may have misspoke earlier. I have a younger sibling, you see, who I help look after when I'm home, and who plays with her on occasion. I met her and her family that way.

[continues lying with such a straight face that might be surprising to someone with memories of lucien considering that he's usually honest.]

[vacuous]

Oh. Okay. But you're all the way out here?

[ He kind of aimed for a place with zero acquaintances so maybe this is a bit awkward... oh well. ]

[lucentia]

[SORRY, TOKINAGA!!!]

... Well, you could say I wanted to get away from everything for a bit as well.

[vacuous]

Really? Funny coincidence.

What're you getting away from then?

[ School...? ]

[glub]

[ looking at lucien from the corner of his eye before looking away.

though, he does seem to perk back up at his response. ]

Good, you better keep it that way. Is it a promise?

[lucentia]

Mm... worried about the future, I suppose, and whether or not I'm equipped to handle it.

[selfconcept]

"Yeah."

[ Hien tries to lead Lucien to do exactly that despite being 6 inches tall against a 36 inches tall kittynoid.

let me free u here too... ]

[vacuous]

[ Oh, yeah... he looks maybe around high school or college age, huh... ]

...Yeah, that's pretty scary stuff. Society is a lot.

[lucentia]

Any advice as my elder?

[vacuous]

...

[ Thinks about it... ]

Find someone you like...

[ Thinking about how his sisters and parents are such happy people. ]

...

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[lucentia]

Elysium, I can barely read this.

[lucentia]

I truly hope so. I feel as though I'm making progress, but I don't quite know what that means.

[lucentia]

[...

the awkward look of someone who doesn't think this is going to happen for himself?]

[lucentia]

[rafayel...]

A promise seems quite drastic here.

[vacuous]

[ Kids these days. ]

...Find a decent workplace with decent people...

[ Still thinking about what to say. He hasn't really noticed. ]

[handfast]

[ wtf i thought i replied to this ]

So there were two groups this time? [ AWFUL. but......hm. ] What happened to Hien?

[lucentia]

[lucien already knows that there is probably no advice tokinaga can give that he can use, but he listens to see if tokinaga is going to say anything else anyway for fun.]

[lucentia]

Hien? We were separated for a while and didn't have the time to talk afterwards, so I don't quite know. But he was in a poor state, both physically and mentally, when we regrouped.

[vacuous]

...Enjoy life.

[ Finishes off on that. Dead air... ]

[lucentia]

[just :man_standing: because he can't follow any of this advice. luckily he only asked to avoid having to talk more about why he's on this alleged trip, in which case he'd either have to lie or vomit disguised truths to a tokinaga who might remember later...]

... Thank you. I'll keep those things in mind.

[vacuous]

[ He just nods vaguely. Trails off into awkward silence walking. ]

[lucentia]

[he lets the silence continue for a bit as they walk, since he does feel bad that he interrupted tokinaga's solo contemplative time. lets him gather his thoughts for now...]

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