week two | dates

[marriagebroker]

Kiss the girl~!

Or guy.

Or person.

Or Messmer's snake.

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[reverso]

[Then he can understand why this show would be so compelling to her.]

I spent a lot of time alone, too. Wildly different than your circumstances, but... I get it. It's nice to be here, with so many people. All of them so friendly and open.

[But that does make him wonder...]

Do you intend to use your wish to free yourself from it? The tree.

[embellwish]

[ Her gaze wanders off, seemingly lost in thought. Honestly, she hasn't thought very hard about it, in a I didn't think I'd get this far type of way. Her base assumption, though? ]

I don't think so... what would be the use?

[ Uncharacteristically defeatist, maybe, but she really seems apathetic about the idea of a "future" of any kind for herself. Compared to how enthusiastically she seems to advocate for everyone else's wishes, the idea of using hers for her own gain doesn't seem attractive at all in her eyes. ]

So much time has passed that the world moved on without me.

[ She no longer speaks the language of the common folk, she doesn't understand modern technology, and most of all, she's far away from her homeland, with all the rites of her people destroyed. Even if she got out, what would she do? Only the competition sounded like fun, compared to her other option of sitting alone everyday. The idea of completely starting her life over is frightening — to a paralyzing, suffocating extent. To use the wish on herself for her recovery would be to commit to wiping her slate clean, and starting her life from scratch. ]

More than my recovery... I can't help feeling that another tragedy like the star falling might happen again. It's like I can sense it's going to happen. [ ..... ] If my wish could prevent something like that, I'd much rather it be used that way...

[reverso]

[So she's the same as him, hoping to use the wish for someone else's sake (or her world's safety) rather than her own. And Verso's not quite sure if that's good or bad, for in his case, it's a decision that underlines the belief that there's nothing left for oneself.

And he's fine with accepting his life has gone down that route, but for her? It's sad.]

...You know, I had this conversation with Wei Wuxian not too long ago. He said that I can see how the wish works by wishing for... both things. My sake, and someone else's. All that stands in the way is the will to do so.

[Finally, maybe because he's suddenly aware of part of this conversation peeling back the curtain on himself, he feels the need to do something with his hands. Verso pops the remnants of the macaron into his mouth.]

If that's what you want, to keep living, even in a world where time feels as though it's moved on. It might not be so bad. You'd make friends, just like you have now.