Nephry Osborne (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
silversnowfall) wrote2013-01-19 02:02 am
silversnowfall) wrote2013-01-19 02:02 am
74. [voice/written]
[Some say too much deep thought begets deeper problems.]
I've been thinking.
[Nephry has a piece of paper in front of her, as well as a book open to a marked page.]
Mm, I should say that reading has been making me think. Indulge me for a moment, if you will: there is a relatively small portion of our population living in this village that arrived more than three Luceti years ago. It's an easy number for me to choose, because I fall into that category as well. I don't know many of those sharing a 'cycle year' with me as personally as I might, but-
[Here she stops, taps the page of the other book, and tries a new direction. Included in her explanation is a description of the formula she mentions.]
Something I read about and didn't understand prompted a bit more research on my part. I'm interested in testing whether this...theory, I suppose, of mine happens to prove true. In another world, there is a kind of formula for determining how ready one is to accept the inevitable. I believe that, with some exceptions of course, one 'step' in this formula enacts itself in the space of one Luceti cycle year. [Then she illustrates what the heck she means by that, expanding upon a chart she found in her research.]
[A half-laugh. Actually it's quite a sad sound.] Doesn't that sound strange? And yet I remember being in complete disbelief that such things were possible, and then worrying about my friends and hating the Malnosso for what they do to us, and then wanting nothing more than to use our limited knowledge as some kind of wager for the chance to change-
And now...to a degree, I still feel all of these other things, and yet- [No. Perhaps it's best not to go into that so publicly. It's unbecoming of a governor for certain.] Well, now I'm asking the rest of you. No matter how long you have been here. Does this hold true for you?
I've been thinking.
[Nephry has a piece of paper in front of her, as well as a book open to a marked page.]
Mm, I should say that reading has been making me think. Indulge me for a moment, if you will: there is a relatively small portion of our population living in this village that arrived more than three Luceti years ago. It's an easy number for me to choose, because I fall into that category as well. I don't know many of those sharing a 'cycle year' with me as personally as I might, but-
[Here she stops, taps the page of the other book, and tries a new direction. Included in her explanation is a description of the formula she mentions.]
Something I read about and didn't understand prompted a bit more research on my part. I'm interested in testing whether this...theory, I suppose, of mine happens to prove true. In another world, there is a kind of formula for determining how ready one is to accept the inevitable. I believe that, with some exceptions of course, one 'step' in this formula enacts itself in the space of one Luceti cycle year. [Then she illustrates what the heck she means by that, expanding upon a chart she found in her research.]
[A half-laugh. Actually it's quite a sad sound.] Doesn't that sound strange? And yet I remember being in complete disbelief that such things were possible, and then worrying about my friends and hating the Malnosso for what they do to us, and then wanting nothing more than to use our limited knowledge as some kind of wager for the chance to change-
And now...to a degree, I still feel all of these other things, and yet- [No. Perhaps it's best not to go into that so publicly. It's unbecoming of a governor for certain.] Well, now I'm asking the rest of you. No matter how long you have been here. Does this hold true for you?
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But she does go.]
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...a-ah, Nephry?
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Yes, Ion?
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[It takes a moment. He's not entirely sure how to say what he wants to say, nor whether he should even say it at all but--.]
...I don't know if this is something you'd want to hear or not, but I'm... I'm really happy you're here, Nephry.
[Action]
She comes back over to where he's sitting instead, not hesitating to crouch enough to embrace him.]
I'm happy we're here, too.
[Action]
[Yes, a hug is most certainly what he needed right now. Even if he hadn't thought to ask for one. He leans into it at first, but eventually he'll be returning the gesture as well.]
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[But things weren't that simple. As much as the hug helped him feel better right now, it wouldn't be enough to change what had already happened. And it wouldn't be enough to change the way Nephry had been feeling, either.]
[Eventually he'll pull back, though somewhat reluctantly. It's small, but there's a smile on his face.]
[He starts to speak -- as if to thank her for the hug -- but... well. That's not exactly something he needs to thank her for. That's not something you thank your family for, after all. And so instead, he'll reach out to take her hand and give it a gentle squeeze.]
...good night, Nephry.
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Good night, Ion.
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