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[lucentia]

HELLO

"Greetings."

GOODBYE

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[lucentia]

[a moment of awkwardness as he has no idea how to explain the shadows, but if tokinaga's not bringing them up, he sure won't. suspects that maybe tokinaga just sees things and will chalk this up to that.]

It should be, yes.

[vacuous]

[ Stop don't just assign him hallucinations. He does look vaguely disturbed but he's also just like... maybe it's just me... ]

...Really?

[ Less doubt Lucien specifically and more just, you know. It's really free...? ]

Do you want anything?

[lucentia]

[lucien can't blame him for doubting that everything is free, but what can he do, tell tokinaga to pay, actually?]

Tea might be good, though you don't need to go out of your way.

[vacuous]

I'm already here.

[ So. Tentatively gets two bottles of tea and meanders back. ]

[lucentia]

Thank you.

[bottled tea... such a novelty.]

[vacuous]

You're welcome...

[ Sits down by the fire also and zones out a bit staring at it. ]

[lucentia]

[tries to gauge if this is the kind of zoning out he should interrupt or the kind he should leave be...]

[vacuous]

[ It's really just the kind of spacing out where you just kind of zone out and try to discern something weird about what you're looking at, like watching a fan spin and trying to see the blades in it, that energy. Though he does blink once or twice and look away bc staring at fireplace fire does kind of leave light spots in your vision. ]

[lucentia]

[sips his tea and also gets distracted watching the fire before he has to blink and look away.]

[vacuous]

[ Lucien... you are a ditto. The really kind of awkward vibe of trying to make small-talk. ]

...

Do you feel better?

[lucentia]

Huh? Ah, yes. Apologies if I made you worry.

[vacuous]

Just checking, since you're out here because of me.

[ Therefore, it's only fair. ]

[lucentia]

Well, it was a nice excuse to take a walk as well. I suppose I shouldn't be doing it alone, with my current state of health...

[just collapses alone and dies.]

[vacuous]

[ Stop doing that. ]

You're unwell?

[lucentia]

Ah... it's something of a chronic condition.

[vacuous]

Oh... I'm sorry to hear that. That must be rough.

[lucentia]

Well, you get used to it.

[vacuous]

But that doesn't mean it becomes easier... especially when there's always other people around you that aren't that way.

[lucentia]

... Do you speak from personal experience?

[vacuous]

...I guess. Though I don't have any medical conditions, other than my eye but that doesn't cause me problems...

[lucentia]

... I admit, I was wondering about your eye. My apologies if that's rude.

[vacuous]

Nah... it's fine. It's not like people haven't asked. [ Since it really is just... here. ] The pupils are a condition called polycoria, and I guess I sort of have heterochromia too, but it's more that I'm lacking colour in this eye than having a different iris colour... so it's just lighter. My eyesight isn't very good in my left eye, because the split pupils make the light absorption weird or something like that, but I can still see out of it.

That's really it.

[lucentia]

I see. And glasses don't help, I take it?

[vacuous]

I'd probably need lens the thickness of a novel on only one eye.

[ Hardy-har. Honestly genuinely interesting as far as mysterious missing eyes go, even if ultimately mundane. That's just thoughts from me, Lowe. ]

[lucentia]

Ah. Certainly more inconvenient than just living with the poor sight.

[tokinaga your mundane mysterious missing eye...]