You say that like you have experience. [ It is passing odd not being able to read everyone as cleanly as she used to, through their scents and other senses. But she wants to try to get to know them too. There's gentle question in her statement, an offering for him to speak]
My original telescope - that I had obtained it long ago when I was with my teacher; no matter how old it became, or the centuries had come and gone.
And, I suppose a little thing fashioned in the image of a dromas.
[ Anaxagoras offers this in return, since she asked. These are things that he has kept with him normally for quite awhile, though they are far and few in between, considering. ]
My teacher was the type of person who tended towards a conservative line of thinking. An individual that seemed like could be a doddering old fool, but he was sharper than what you might expect - he realized the truth sooner than most as well.
As for my older sister, she was a responsible type. Though, at times a little...chaotic. She was mature, but she liked her fair share of nonsense. Perhaps she was that way to ensure that I had a childhood at all.
[ She liked to put him in silly clothing and whatnot when he was younger, so yeah; even if that was in short supply, given their situation. ]
Their influences have been etched into his soul, here or there. ]
...Loved ones have a way of making a permanent mark on an individual. Even I am no different, much as I'd like for that to be otherwise.
[ He is a little nostalgic, talking about them. His foster father and sister - they were important people to him. Even now, they have a special place in him, enough to make him smile slightly. ]
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Date: 2025-11-24 09:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-11-24 05:06 pm (UTC)My original telescope - that I had obtained it long ago when I was with my teacher; no matter how old it became, or the centuries had come and gone.
And, I suppose a little thing fashioned in the image of a dromas.
[ Anaxagoras offers this in return, since she asked. These are things that he has kept with him normally for quite awhile, though they are far and few in between, considering. ]
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Date: 2025-11-25 06:58 am (UTC)[Dromas...she wonders if that was the lizard creature Anaxagoras was before]
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Date: 2025-11-25 01:55 pm (UTC)As for my older sister, she was a responsible type. Though, at times a little...chaotic. She was mature, but she liked her fair share of nonsense. Perhaps she was that way to ensure that I had a childhood at all.
[ She liked to put him in silly clothing and whatnot when he was younger, so yeah; even if that was in short supply, given their situation. ]
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Date: 2025-11-26 11:14 am (UTC)They both sound like delightful people. From what you said, I can see both of their influence on you.
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Date: 2025-11-26 10:26 pm (UTC)Their influences have been etched into his soul, here or there. ]
...Loved ones have a way of making a permanent mark on an individual. Even I am no different, much as I'd like for that to be otherwise.
[ He is a little nostalgic, talking about them. His foster father and sister - they were important people to him. Even now, they have a special place in him, enough to make him smile slightly. ]
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Date: 2025-11-27 09:39 am (UTC)...yes. It's important, isn't it? To keep their memories close in that way.
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Date: 2025-11-27 05:56 pm (UTC)[ Which is about one of the sappiest things he's going to say about fam. ]
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Date: 2025-11-28 07:02 am (UTC)[They keep her warm, in the coldest of times]