[ he looks up at the tap, looking a little flustered-- at being caught reminiscing, or at the touch? both is good. he tries to hide it with a laugh ]
Explaining it to kids isn't any easier, y'know. [ from experience. ] Fact is, a lot of what I thought was true about Nobodies turned out to be made up. Guess that still messes me up sometimes.
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Explaining it to kids isn't any easier, y'know. [ from experience. ] Fact is, a lot of what I thought was true about Nobodies turned out to be made up. Guess that still messes me up sometimes.
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but they'll just hum softly at that, curious.]
Someone else told you what you were, and gave you misinformation?
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When you put it like that, it sounds pretty dumb. [ he sighs ] Yeah, I guess that is how it was.
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No, I do not find it ‘dumb’.
[even if they seem to struggle with the word, as if it’s unfamiliar to their tongue]
Merely that it is unpleasant to endure such a thing, and I am glad that you were able to break free of those misconceptions.
I am glad that you are who you are.
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Well, I wouldn't really call it breaking free, but...
[ it was more like dying? and then getting better? but he smiles up at lune ]
Yeah, I'm glad I'm me, too.
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Whatever you call it...
I suppose those circumstances are what have led to the you of this moment.
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[ he shrugs ]
Life's complicated.
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But it is quite majestic and beautiful to behold all at the same time.
[there’s another sip of tea then, because lune is very fond of humanity and all that goes on with it]
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The past?
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[gently corrects but also
lune hums a note]
I am rather fond of the past as well, and all that it holds.
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I think people normally live life, not... behold it. [ but he sounds more bemused than anything ]
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but lune will just hum softly at that]
I suppose... I am merely a bit of a late bloomer.
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Well... everybody starts somewhere. It's never too late to get a new direction in life.
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Hmm. Phrased that way, perhaps it is not as unfamiliar as I first thought.
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[ axel?? rude??? don't lean into this ]
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So you did. I am an old man with a great amount of experience, after all.
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[ no one gets your inside jokes, axel. ]
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[just
repeated thoughtfully]
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... Do you know what a wizard is?
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[ pwease expwain? ]
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My friend - would you tell me what a wizard is?