[21][written/action]

[silversnowfall]

[first of all, there are several inconsequential doodles. This should be concerning because Nephry just doesn't doodle. Next there are several sentences that are so well crossed out they are unreadable. An ink spot where the pen rested too long on the page. A few more doodles.]

I...think I should go for a walk. I will take my journal with me just in case, however.

[and for those out and about, Nephry can be found standing on the bridge between houses 32 and 33 and Community Housing 5. It is quite the long walk, and it will continue in a short while if she's not interrupted. She will answer written or voiced messages too, of course. ...The doodling is kind of a giveaway that something is wrong here]

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[emp3thy]

[...he notices that. Let's try asking in a neutral way.]

What's your family like, Nephry-san?

[Voice]

[galddigger.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you liked to doodle, Nephry!

[silversnowfall]

...You mean aside from my brother? I'm married. ['and that's all there is']

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

Oh! [hey, she wasn't expecting the thing to talk and wow was she ever lost in thought]

...I usually don't, Anise. I'm not...sure why I did.

[silversnowfall]

Yes. ...I... [walking and talking, like walking and thinking, is somewhat easier to manage] I miss my home.

[Voice]

[galddigger.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you don't seem like someone who doodles all that much~

It's fun, though! Especially when you've got a lot on your mind! ♥

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

It tends to be frowned upon on legislative notes.

[Voice]

[galddigger.livejournal.com]

What about for regular notes? Don't you doodle at all on those?

[emp3thy]

What's your husband like?

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

No. It's a distraction from what I'm supposed to be taking notes about.

[silversnowfall]

...I miss him. [a simple sentence, but it's apparent she thinks quite a lot of him]

[emp3thy]

[it probably won't help, but]

I'm sure he misses you too.

[Voice]

[galddigger.livejournal.com]

So you what were you distracting yourself from earlier, then~?

[silversnowfall]

...I've told you about the Score, haven't I?

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

I...it was...

I was just trying to think. It's why I went for a walk instead.

[emp3thy]

It predicts the future.

[silversnowfall]

Yes. But it went one more step - there was a personal score for each individual alive in Auldrant.

[Voice]

[galddigger.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay! I hope it's been a helpful walk, then! ♥

[emp3thy]

So your future was set?

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

...I'm not sure yet.

[oops. She sounded shaky right there, and she hadn't meant to. No need to worry Anise, after all]

[Voice]

[galddigger.livejournal.com]

[But Anise picks up on it, anyway. It's hard not to, when Nephry is usually so cool and composed.]

... Maybe it'll be better with some company~?

[silversnowfall]

It's what we all believed. Each year on my birthday, like everyone else, I received a reading of my own Score for the year. ...Though in all cases, I believe, the person who read the Score would omit predictions of death, so as not to cause panic.

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

[she doesn't want to be a mess in front of Anise. But she's so hard to refuse]

If you'd like.

[Voice]

[galddigger.livejournal.com]

... Only if you want to, though. I wouldn't want to interrupt your walk!

[Voice]

[silversnowfall]

At the moment, I'm not walking. I've been...staring at the river, I suppose.