text; un: vivi

[ornitiers]

what do you do when something you were told, turns out not to be true anymore? not true here? when you have more time than you thought. i didn't have to really think about the future. but here, i don't have to worry. i can plan. i mean, besides helping on missions.

[Being told he probably wouldn't live much longer than a year or so. And then Aurora reassured him that that wasn't the case. Vivi now has a lot to consider....]

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[huntrix]

So the only person you should answer for is yourself.

[ornitiers]

myself. right. yeah. thank you.

[huntrix]

You're welcome.

[ornitiers]

i'm making a list for quina. of food here i think they might like to try. maybe i can do something like that? for things i want to do? but it's harder if i'm not sure about options, i guess....

[huntrix]

A list sounds like a good idea. A list of food, activities, things you never tried before.

People do it all the time.

[ornitiers]

people do? i guess that's good. i mean. if it's normal. my list might be long, i feel like it gets longer every time people mention most things around here.

[huntrix]

It can be as long or as short as you want it to be.

[ornitiers]

maybe i should get one of those notebooks. or a lot of them.

[huntrix]

That sounds like a good idea.

My friend does that. She puts all her ideas in notebooks.

[ornitiers]

then i will! i'll find some and start my own list! not just the one of foods for quina.

[huntrix]

Good luck.

[ornitiers]

thank you. you, too! i mean. i hope things work out, being here and all, for you as well.

[huntrix]

I'm sure it will.

[ posturing? probably, but it's not about her right now. ]

[ornitiers]

i hope so. is your friend here? the one that writes in the notebooks? you're not alone, are you?

[huntrix]

She's not, but it's fine.

I'm sure I'll see her soon.

[ornitiers]

oh. so are you alone here, too? none of my friends from home are here, either. but i've been making new friends here. so it isn't so bad?

[huntrix]

That's nice.

I probably will do the same, slowly.

[ornitiers]

it's okay to take your time. some people are more shy? i guess is the word?

[huntrix]

That's right. I'm not used to making new friends.

[ornitiers]

me either. but that's okay. it just means this is a chance to practice, right?

[huntrix]

. . . Yeah. I just need to work on it.

[ornitiers]

we can work on it together. both of us. i'm sure you'll do fine.

[huntrix]

That's sweet of you. Thank you.

[ornitiers]

i just figure. if we help each other, we can save more of our homes. more people. so...it makes sense? i think.

[huntrix]

You're not wrong. Working together helps.

[ she's just not . . . accustomed to it. and a part of her holds back.

she knows which part too. ]