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[bearshermark]

What good things have happened since you've come here?


[Please tell him there are some good things]

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[weifinder]

Rat jerky.

[bearshermark]

An odd thing to find joy in, but if that's what suits you.

[weifinder]

Consider: we took what limited resources we had and turned them into something lasting.

Joy doesn't need to be large moments, giant victories. It's living while you're alive, and striving for better, supporting those you care for.

[bearshermark]

It's true we're doing far better than we were in Sa-Hareth, despite our grown numbers. That's something to take heart in.

[weifinder]

Yes, it is. Moving forward is learning from mistakes made along the way, and not repeating them, but making new mistakes. Living in what we best believe is a good way, a right way, while being aware that absolutes don't make for simple bed partners.

You are a good thing in the lives of many of us, Eleven, myself included. That won't make you good for everyone, and it won't mean you can't make mistakes, or have regrets. Tell me in turn, what are joys you've found here? Small or otherwise.

[bearshermark]

[Making new mistakes. Check. Or, well.. who could say, really, if that decision was a mistake or not.

Joys, though..]

Archeval, while he was here. My garden at the farmhouse. I enjoyed the days I spent forging and my nights rowing the canals in Taravast. Every day we spent in comfort there. Lily. Learning to commune with plant life. The cycle in Ellethia.

[weifinder]

These are all good parts of your life. I'm glad you've had the people, and the experiences.

We will find more, going forward. Believe in that.

[bearshermark]

Goddess, I hope so.

I just want to help this world in some way.

[weifinder]

Honour your concept of justice. Listen to the people of this world. That, there, is helping, if not always obviously, and if not always in the ways intended.

[bearshermark]

I want to believe we helped them.

[weifinder]

And with the insurance of their spirits passing beyond this world's claim means you have at least seen them outside of this cycle they've been in.

[bearshermark]

Goddess willing they find more joy in their next lives.

[weifinder]

My hope for all at the ending of a life with less joy in it than is deserved.