un: hob (text)

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We're all back from Eos. I don't know how it was for everyone else, but I got to live in a house with two beautiful women and a charming young man. There was a baby, too, but we had to leave her behind.

Now I'm in this flat that I moved into not long before we left for Eos, and it's fine, really, but it seems a bit empty. I know it won't be that way for long, since I'm very much used to living alone, but I wonder if anyone else feels a bit off after sharing a house with other people for a month.

And is it weird if I miss her? I know she wasn't a real baby, but she was so cute and sweet. Wherever you are, I hope you're doing well, little Violet.

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[agoddessonce]

Empty nest syndrome?

I hope you are adjusting well to life here on Etraya, Hob.

[100more]

Maybe a little. It was sort of fun, wasn't it? You picked up on how to care for her quite quickly.

I still feel like I just got here. I stayed with someone I knew for a bit and then moved into this flat, and not long after, we weren't in Etraya anymore. Now we're back, and it's like I just moved in again. I'm not quite sure what to do with myself.

[agoddessonce]

You were much quicker at it. A natural - or perhaps previous experience?

I don't know if this last few months are indicative of anything. It was a lot of sudden upheaval. I hope we'll get a chance to catch our breath long enough for you and others to settle down. It will be nice to be our real selves, don't you think?

[100more]

[ It's not something he mentioned but it did seem rather obvious, so Hob is not surprised Ororo picked up on it. ]

Yes, actually. I had a son, Robin.

[ Past tense, of course. ]

It is better to have our own choices in matters, but I can't say I hated the experience. Are you saying I didn't see the real you? Or was it just the part of you people don't normally get to see?

[agoddessonce]

[ Hard to miss the use of past tense. She'll gently come back around to that later, perhaps in person. ]

More of the latter - not that it is something I hide. I've just not had the opportunity to be or act the way asked of us in that town.

It was very... foreign to me, I suppose? Someone I know called it "very 1950's America" - but that was not something I'd ever really experienced. Did you have a similar experience, perhaps?

[100more]

It did have that white-picket fence American vibe. I've never lived quite like that, but I have lived a peaceful family life before.

What's it like where you come from, if that was so foreign to you?

[agoddessonce]

My early childhood was spent in Cairo. But I lost my family early, so though I know that sort of family life in concept, I did not have much of a chance to experience it myself.

I like to think that perhaps... one day, if time and circumstance would ever allow... I'm not sure I could provide such a normal life - but I would certainly try to. Something peaceful would be nice.

[ All that to say - peace isn't exactly the norm... which should imply that its opposite, is. In not so many words, anyway. ]

[100more]

I see. I lost my family early on, as well. And there were hardships, of course, but things got better, and I was able to have a chance at a peaceful life.

I hope you are granted the same some day.