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[hauntedking]

[ There's silence (or the sensation of it for a long moment) before he replies. ]

I - no. I'm afraid I haven't. I take it you haven't either?

[dreamflowers]

I see.

[She falls silent for a moment.]

No. That's why I was asking. We'd made plans for some... things. But... Guess it'll have to wait.

[hauntedking]

I see...

[ He's silent for a few more moments. ]

There... is always a chance of people just... leaving. I don't quite understand it myself.

[dreamflowers]

[That sounds odd, to say the least. Jade arches a brow through the connection.]

Leave how?

[hauntedking]

...some people return to the tree, I think.

[ Which is not a pleasant thought, honestly. ]

I'm not entirely sure.

[dreamflowers]

You think?

That's... not very comforting.

[But good to know.]

[hauntedking]

...I can't claim to know everything or even understand it. But that's what I've heard.

[dreamflowers]

Hm. Can't do much about it, I guess.

[Still troubling, but Jade isn't about to bother Dimitri with it.]

Maybe it's better this way. [Ouch. That just slipped without her meaning to say it aloud.]

[hauntedking]

...maybe it is. But I'll still mourn the loss of her hear. She was... a very bright star.

[ He sighs mentally. ]

[dreamflowers]

[Oof.]

Yeah. Even though she didn't really have to, she helped with my Fever just as much as you did. I appreciated that.

[hauntedking]

...she was like that, wasn't she? She wanted to help.

[ He doesn't mean to be morose about it, but it's sad to think about. ]

We'll have to try and make up for her absence.

[dreamflowers]

Yeah, but that do-gooder stuff she was into was never really my thing...

[Which isn't to say Jade isn't trying to be better than she used to.]

[hauntedking]

But you do want to help people.

[ There's a faint trace of amusement there. ]

[dreamflowers]

Maybe. But I don't do it outta the goodness of my little heart. That's the distinction.

[Or more like that's what Jade convinces herself during times in which she's feeling particularly self-deprecating.]

[hauntedking]

Why do you do it then?

[dreamflowers]

Because. I'm alive, and...

[She tries to muffle that internal flinch through the connection. It's not very effective.]

...someone else isn't.

[Maybe a confusing answer, but she doesn't elaborate.]

[hauntedking]

[ There's a moment of reflective "silence". ]

I think I understand.

[ He's had similar thoughts. Although he also believes in what he does. ]