featherduster | ( limelight ) mr.duty trauma prom

NOT FOREVER!

[ Summoning a sardonicism from the inky depths that is only possible for a man who has truly Gone Through It ]

Bad for your health. Wouldn't want it to kill you.

Edited 2025-07-25 03:44 (UTC)

Suddenly feelin' the urge to sacrifice my life for no particular reason other than to make ya mad. That'd be better than takin' a man's cigarettes away.

[ S M I L E S ]

Sounds like it's worth three points to me. ☆

And what're ya givin' up that's equivalent to that, huh?

[ Frowns... ]

I don't know.

Everything that meaningful to me is... a person.

Well don't go givin' up people just for a performance.

[quiet for a few beats]

It don't have to be the most valuable thing to ya. At least not if yer fine settlin' for one or two points. Yer Blessin's are worth somethin'. Yer visions are worth somethin'; so are yer memories. Yer sight, hearin', touch, are all worth somethin' too. Heck, even yer bedroom in yer cabin is worth somethin' since it's part of the place ya live.

I ain't sayin' to give those up, mind ya, but it's just to get that haystack ya call a brain thinkin' it over.

[ He doesn't STOP frowning, but... ]

Well, tell me what you're gonna do, and then maybe I'll decide.

[quiet for a few moments, considering]

Sense of touch.

...

Why that, specifically?

It's important enough to be valuable, and it'll be annoyin' to do without for a few days, but it won't stop me from livin' my life.

Mmm...

[ Glances down at his metal hand ]

You won't be able to do your work at all.

Eh, I'll be able to fumble through some of it just fine. I'll have to be careful, and that's all.

[since Aloe doesn't seem like he's complaining, Lea does go to input it at the screen]