but he'll look at the star in his hands and... frown... look, he doesn't like how she threw it at him like he was just a waste dispenser, but also. it's a fucking star. ]
But it's warm. [ said like? isn't that already a nice reason to hold onto it? he'll go to deposit it in her hand directly without a toss ] I can take it later if you don't want it, but at least enjoy your spoils some. Like you said, not everyone plucks a star out of the sky.
No, that's your job, duty, and livelihood, which is temporarily on hold while you're here.
Which I do understand, for the record.
[ tobari barely has hobbies ]
Your survival mode and my survival mode don't seem that different. [ he thinks it's kind of crazy that whether you're at the top of the food chain or the bottom, you have so many scenarios where people are trying to kill you for the sake of resources or power ] But there's really nothing material you're interested in that balances out your feelings of achievement?
[ again, it's not like he doesn't get it! there aren't many skills he has trouble picking up if he has to, and he doesn't really complain about the work he does at home.
but it's a little bit like seeing your bad habits in someone else with an added twice ]
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... is this supposed to be a nice gesture or not, Duchess.
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Neither. You can toss it over.
[ let it go into the pillow fort. ]
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but he'll look at the star in his hands and... frown... look, he doesn't like how she threw it at him like he was just a waste dispenser, but also. it's a fucking star. ]
... seems wasteful.
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he is so right and valid, but also: ]
You called it trash first.
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If you treat it like it's nothing, how am I supposed to view it at something besides your trash?
... but it doesn't change that it's a star. Plenty of people might never get a chance to feel something like this in their entire life.
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[ something along those lines. ]
Keep it, then.
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[ but she did give it to him so he'll acknowledge it ]
You really don't have any interest in it? You just casually have starts falling out of the sky where you're from? What's next? The moon?
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[ she'd be more surprised if he said thanks. ]
Catching it and touching it for a moment was all I needed. If I could attempt to pull the moon or sun from the sky and succeed, I would.
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[ he'll wander over to her then, not tossing it this time ]
But I mean yeah, who wouldn't?
[ it's a little insane to think that you can just reach out and touch these things here. mazes are weird ]
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[ and then she can move on.
the maze is very weird, but it's made her think about what is and isn't impossible. ]
Some people don't try to reach for the stars. They don't have the thought, too used to their little box.
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[ medea.... relax? ]
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but fine, she'll hold the star for five minutes. ]
The feeling of winning is worth more to me than whatever rewards or spoils that come with it.
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Duchess, you need a hobby.
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she knows what he means, but she still says: ]
Running a duchy is my hobby.
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Which I do understand, for the record.
[ tobari barely has hobbies ]
Your survival mode and my survival mode don't seem that different. [ he thinks it's kind of crazy that whether you're at the top of the food chain or the bottom, you have so many scenarios where people are trying to kill you for the sake of resources or power ] But there's really nothing material you're interested in that balances out your feelings of achievement?
Not flowers? Not cats?
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[ she has messenger cats and birds.
but is she all that interested in them outside of their uses....? eh. ]
Everything comes down to if they're useful.
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There's nothing you like just for the sake of it existing? Last time you had fun?
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[ she understands what he's trying to say, but she doesn't care about his point? a hobby isn't going to do anything for her. ]
Do you have time for hobbies outside burning things down?
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[ it's his job after his job which isn't even really after his job because it's a part of his first job ]
I don't, but I also don't see the world in terms of usefulness.
[ he likes things normally... when he bothers to have an opinion on things (he doesn't have an opinion on most things) ]
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[ don't tell her to get a hobby when you don't have any either?
what is the point of liking things normally if you don't do anything about it ]
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[ HE CAN RELAX AND ENJOY THINGS... ]
But it sounds exhausting—to live life in measures of how much things do or don't serve you. Aren't you tired?
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but is it for enjoyment? eh. ]
No. [ she doesn't have the time to be tired either and doesn't register it. ] What is there to tire me out? Most things come easy to me.
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but it's a little bit like seeing your bad habits in someone else with an added twice ]
Are you happy this way, Duchess?
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