Fuda #43 [action/video]

[idealism]

New Feather season, huh? Welcome to town. If there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask. Even if it's just questions about where to go to get good tea. I hope you'll feel at home soon.

Hey, speaking of homes, does anyone know how to build tree forts here? I know we have some built outside of town, so there's got to be someone who knows. Man, I hope not all the builders have left by now.

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[idealism]

Eley, when I say 'like', I mean the feeling you get when you can't live without that other person.

[This part of the conversation is easy.]

When you experience it, you will know.

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[winds_voice]

...

[Eley thinks about that a moment.]

If I was told this prior to coming here then I would say that perhaps it is impossible for such a feeling to come to be in a Spirit. After all we do not die as easily as mortals. As long as we carry out what we were made for, we will live until the end of days, regardless of how many die around us. We thrive on human belief and wish to work alongside them... but we do not feel that we cannot survive without them.

Perhaps... I would have greater difficulty living so blindly at present. A lot has changed. I feel... different.

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[That is something that is unfamiliar to Tsuzuki. The spirits he's met have always put their hearts into their friendships, showing him more warmth than humans did. In his heart of hearts, he knows that his shikigami understands the need to protect a fragile mortal's life just as keenly as he does. Maybe that was because he had always demanded it of them, however.]

[He gives ELeytheria a tentative smile.]

Different?

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[winds_voice]

[Eley has to think a moment about how to put into words exactly what that difference was. Perhaps he couldn't pinpoint it exactly but...]

In my world I have learned that some humans are worth saving, but aside from a select few, I have never made a point to draw closer to them. That is not what Spirits do.

Here... I feel I have become closer to humans. To certain individuals in particular. I do not mind it. In fact... it seems to help me thrive.

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[idealism]

[Tsuzuki smiles to himself. Even if Eleytheria might not understand that he's growing more empathic to other beings, it's plain as day.]

I think that's good. Keeping your distance might feel safe, but the only way to really live is when people become important to you.