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I can't speak for the rest of you, but I would call that meeting successful. It was...nice, to encounter such organization again. It's a little strange to miss paperwork and ordinary life...isn't it?

Regardless, I hope the discussion continues - particularly for those who couldn't make it to the meeting, for one reason or another.

[Winters in Luceti are so short. This month tends to see the end of the snow, and the start of a chilly, soaked-to-the-bones rain instead. That's why Nephry decided to enjoy the soft snowfall while she could, leaving a note for her housemates and taking a walk north of the village today.

There's a lot on her mind. Luke's return, the items discussed at the village meeting, the approach of a certain holiday...plenty to think over while she walks, bundled against the cold but with her face turned toward the sky.

She stops by the cherry tree for a while; while she stands there, flipping pages and thinking, the journal's camera picks up on the bare branches and falling snow. The next written thing is...smaller, somehow. More careful.]

Do you believe in a path that is already determined for you?