@marcos.diaz

[heliophilous]

with everything that's gone on lately, i had a question.

if given the choice, how many people would stay here and how many people would leave? i get that it's a pretty personal question and don't feel like you've gotta answer. i'm just curious considering the way the place has changed lately and the people that have been lost.

could you live your life here? or would you leave and take your chances?

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html, our mutual nemesis

[kleptocratic]

[ That sounds like the kind of question only you can answer, buddy. ]

That's why I have to go back.

[heliophilous]

to deal with a war? you have my sympathies then. i'm pretty tired of it.

[kleptocratic]

Not yet. But soon, I think.

Anyway, I hate it.

[heliophilous]

so do i.

doesn't accomplish anything but death and destruction. no one really wins.

[kleptocratic]

Ah, but the beauty of it is that many people lose.

[heliophilous]

including possibly yourself.

[kleptocratic]

More likely than not, I'd think.

[heliophilous]

a comforting thought.

but an unavoidable one.

[kleptocratic]

Except, as we've established, I might just stay here and avoid everything.

[heliophilous]

you might.

until a war comes to this place.

[kleptocratic]

Until then. But I think I could avoid it pretty well here. I've done a good job of avoiding responsibilities so far.

[heliophilous]

hey, if burying your head in the sand works, do it.

but i wouldn't expect anyone to help you if you need it.

[kleptocratic]

Oh, most of the bleeding hearts here do things without expecting recompense. That will be what saves this place, or sinks it into the underworld.

[heliophilous]

even bleeding hearts have their limits. i wouldn't push it too far.

[kleptocratic]

It sounds like you're speaking from experience.

[heliophilous]

that's because i am.

even if i wish i wasn't.

[kleptocratic]

Was yours the bleeding heart? Or were you the one who caused it to break?

[ Maybe too personal a question— maybe more personal than whether or not one of the displaced would stay here, if given the chance. But there was nothing forcing Marcos to answer, so he doesn't feel too badly for asking. ]

[heliophilous]

both.

[ personal question answered vaguely. ]

been on both sides of the fence.

[kleptocratic]

Me too.

[heliophilous]

look at that, something else we have in common.

[kleptocratic]

Not a very fun one. There must be something better. Are you good at dice?

[heliophilous]

i don't think i've ever played in my life.

you speak spanish?

[kleptocratic]

I don't play either. I just like to think I'd be good if I did.

[ He'd cheat. ]

I had to look up what Spanish meant, though I suppose I can understand it now. My Attolian accent is impeccable.

[heliophilous]

i don't know what an attolian accent is so we might have some trouble finding more things in common.

besides being here, being stuck and being on both sides of the fence.

[kleptocratic]

Clipped vowels, softer consonants.

Do you have siblings?