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Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

[ Well, he knows plenty of people won't go out of their way to help people. That's just been a fact of life from the very beginning.

Not once did he consider himself counting toward the statistic one way or another, though. ]

Oh.

[ HIS TURN FOR MIND BLOWN ]

Re: probably night 62

[mykidisthebest]

[...pats his head]

What, did you not even notice? I meant it when I said you're a good guy. So please take care of yourself too. I don't want you to get worn out.

Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

[ Chuckles a little sheepishly ]

Funny. Charon said the same thing early on. Though he was way more ominous about it.

Re: probably night 62

[mykidisthebest]

Did he? I can't say I'm surprised. You've got to say the same thing back to him!

Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

I just don't give him a choice.

Re: probably night 62

[mykidisthebest]

Good job. See, you're looking after him too. Wrap him in a blanket if you have to.

Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

[ Holds up his pinky finger ]

Gentlemen's agreement to bully that man into rest and relaxation.

Re: probably night 62

[mykidisthebest]

[links!!! pinkies!!!!!]

Deal! I'd do it whether or not you helped.

Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

[ Laughing ]

And that's why I'm grateful for you.

Re: probably night 62

[mykidisthebest]

I'm grateful to you.

[shakes their pinkies in emphasis]

You're going to live way longer than me, so I'll be counting on you to look after him.

Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

[ Goes still, pinky still linked with his.



Oh. He hates that, actually. ]

Re: probably night 62

[mykidisthebest]

...?

[stills, too, realizing he said something upsetting]

What's wrong? Are you worried you'll get tired of looking after him...?

Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

[ oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my g ]

Lethe...

Re: probably night 62

[mykidisthebest]

Don't look at me like I said something wrong and not explain!

Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

[ Patiently, like a career painter explaining not to mash Crayola markers so hard into the paper that it rips: ]

When you say things like "you're going to live way longer than me," people are just going to think about your death, and going on without you.

[ And maybe also the hundreds of times they've already done that ]

Re: probably night 62

[mykidisthebest]

[his expression softens]

It's still a long ways off, though. I'd like to live another hundred years if I can. I'll...I'll make it work somehow.

Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

[ Does not bother to ask by what arcane power Lethe expects to live for over a century ]

... You'd better.

It would be-- easier. For Charon.

Re: probably night 62

[mykidisthebest]

I think he'd do fine even if I wasn't around. He's got you, doesn't he? But I know I have to live. There's still a lot left to do. And I want my brother to live as long as he can too.

[the dramatic irony here is that he fully expects to maybe die in exactly one week and is just hoping it doesn't stick]

Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

So? It's not as if I could be a replacement for you.

[ ... sighs, a little ]

When he told me he was considering expanding his lifespan... I was worried.

Re: probably night 62

[mykidisthebest]

Worried? I didn't realize he was taking it very seriously. If he is, that means he's considered all of the positive and negatives. What's there to worry about?

Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

One time, he said to me... immortals do die, but slowly, inch by inch. And that he isn't interested in an existence like that.

If anyone is strong enough to handle it, it's him. But he'll also experience more personal loss than he ever would have, living a normal human lifespan.

I can't not worry about it.

Re: probably night 62

[mykidisthebest]

[frowns]

Charon's view of immortality is...colored by his personal experiences. I'm not saying it's wrong. Just that each person is bound to handle a long life differently. An extra hundred years isn't that long, is it?

[it's phrased very much as a question directed at Minuet; he's the only one between the two of them who would know how long a hundred years is]

Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

It depends on what you value from your life. And how many times you're willing to lose it.

[ ... ]

He did ask me if I thought it would've made a difference. Having someone like Styx all that time.

Re: probably night 62

[mykidisthebest]

...Would it have made a difference to you? It seems obvious to me, but you're the one that's actually lived through all of it.

Re: probably night 62

[featherduster]

[ thank god this is not the emotionshare thread ]

... I think so.

It's just difficult to truly imagine it.