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[lucentia]

HELLO

"Greetings."

GOODBYE

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[vacuous]

That's what a mature kid would say, probably.

[lucentia]

[a little laugh]

Is that how it works?

[vacuous]

Otherwise you'd probably be surprised or have an ego about it.

[lucentia]

I don't know that I've met anyone who purportedly claimed to be mature, so I'll have to take your word for it.

[vacuous]

It probably sounds a bit full of yourself if you're the one telling other people you are.

[lucentia]

Yes, it does tend to sound quite arrogant if you speak of your own virtues. Though I do also believe people should be confident in what they're good at.

[vacuous]

Sure. As long as they're not jerks about it.

[lucentia]

Do you speak from experience with these "jerks"?

[vacuous]

...Not people acting like they're mature for their age... Just...

...Self-important, selfish people and stuff...

[lucentia]

... From work?

[vacuous]

Yeah.

[lucentia]

... I can see why you chose to quit.

[vacuous]

I just couldn't do it anymore. Weird, right. I'd still been going to work despite everything... then one morning, I just couldn't bring myself to do it.

[lucentia]

I think that's normal. Sometimes, you have to repress everything just to get through the day, but all those things are still being kept somewhere in the back of your mind.

[vacuous]

Is it?

[lucentia]

Is it not? Many people would rather look away from reality for a while.

[vacuous]

...Guess so...

I decided on a trip to Saga so I could try and get away from that stuff.

[lucentia]

In others or in yourself...?

[vacuous]

...? Just everything.

I wanted to go someplace with no relatives, nobody I know, that I didn't know anything about. Totally new.

[transmit]

On the expedition, we watched everyone die except ourselves. The journey was a fool's errand from the start, but we had to choose to either give in to our anger or keep enduring.

If it weren't for everyone else, I would've likely walked down a different path.

[lucentia]

[...

softly,]

You wanted to give into your anger?

[lucentia]

... Right.

Though if you don't mind me asking, do you have any plans for what you'll do after the trip?

[glub]

Drastic, or are you worried you won't keep it?

[transmit]

I lived an entire life only to learn that people had been giving up their lives for nothing. Friends, family, acquaintances. It didn't and still doesn't matter to me what the village's reasons were for keeping everyone in the dark. [ … ] A few more years of this, and the entire village would've died out.

[ There is a reason why, despite all that he's willing to do for other people, he doesn't truly consider himself kind. And it's this. ]

[vacuous]

...Study, maybe.

Thinking... maybe I could go back to school. I got up to a Masters before I decided to work instead. Could get a Doctorate. Work overseas.