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[liberame]

I am grateful that you think I am worthy of your time, Mundane, but please don't be nervous on my account. A lot has happened, things I wish I could have changed, but as the bro person said... you can't get hung up on such thoughts. If we make a mistake, that's okay, we'll both get better for it.

Don't worry about plans for the future just yet. Concentrate on tomorrow and you'll be fine. I have faith in you.

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[adai]

You always have such good advice to offer, Nia. I'm sure your mun will be just fine!

[liberame]

[She just grins and fidgets with the ring on her hand, grinning slightly.]

Any advice I have to give, I learned from Simon and the rest of Dai Gurren.

[There's a pause, and she cocks her head slightly.]

...did you get shorter?

[Because even with mechs that punch holes in the past and future all at once... the idea of Rossieu being younger is kind of odd to her.]

[adai]

Um, no I don't believe so. But you've gotten much taller...

[What are canon points??? We just don't know.]

[liberame]

[At least canon points aren't quite as confusing as half the stuff Leeron says?]

No... the last time I saw you, you were much taller than I was.

[She even holds her hand over her head in an estimate of how tall future Rossieu is.]

[adai]

[At least there's that.]

Ah, really? I think I'd notice if I shrunk. This is a bit confusing.

[liberame]

And your clothes are different too... I don't think you've worn that outfit in seven years...

[Nia is just going to tilt her head in thought. So weird. Not that getting yanked across the cosmos and through dimensions is any better...]

[adai]

...Seven years? No, that can't be right...

[This really is that timeskip thing, isn't it?]

I've been told that it's possible to meet people here who are from different time periods, so perhaps that's what's happening?

[shadowsandflame]

That's a good philosophy to have regarding mistakes.

[liberame]

[She smirks a bit, running a hand through her hair.]

If there's one thing I have learned from my time among the humans it's that the only way through is forward. Dwelling on the past only leads to stagnation, and humans are always growing and evolving from minute to minute.

[shadowsandflame]

Humans are quite fascinating that way. Human evolution is almost frightening in how quickly it can break through obstacles even without assistance. But the past is a sticky thing. It's not always so easy to escape.

[liberame]

I was very lucky in that regard. When my father... discarded me, I was found by a boy named Simon. He and his friends were at war with my father but they accepted me as one of their own over the course of a couple hours.

[Of course Adiane helped with that by taunting her with the orders to kill her...]

Team Dai Gurren is... unique in that. They fought not for the future, but for the tomorrow they wanted to make, took on impossible odds, and never backed away when one of their own was in danger... even if that meant making the very universe itself their enemy.

[While that sort of brash reckless devotion may be viewed with trepidation or disdain, it's obvious Nia loves every one of those headstrong idiots.]

[shadowsandflame]

They sound a bit like my son's friends. Reckless and foolish, but the sort of people this world favors when it comes to luck. They never looked at Raito as though he were strange, or unlike them, even though he has a strange ability. I'm grateful for that. He deserves that much for what we put him through.

[It's impossible to tell if she's smiling, but there's a very certain fondness to her voice as she speaks about her son and his friends.]

Fathers... can be a strange and difficult thing.

[liberame]

Yes, that is a fair assessment of Dai Gurren. There were times I honestly think telling them how hopeless a situation would be only made them more excited to prove everyone wrong. They were very accepting too, they did not care about what happened in the past, even accepting one of my father's generals into their number after the Sprial King fell. I think your son's friends and mine would get along quite well.

[She folds her hands in front of her chest when the subject of her father is touched on again. There were... so many mixed feelings there.]

My father was... a man of great power faced with a foe he could not defeat, and placed in an impossible situation for a thousand years. I... can not claim to say I knew him as I wished I could, but I do not regret being his daughter.

[moveyourdeadfros]

Fine advice from a fine upstanding young lady, I must say~.

[In this thread- a 9 foot tall or so skeleton.

With an afro. Because why not?]

[liberame]

[Nia is just going to smile and blink a bit... completely unphased by the giant skeleton with the fro. Nope, everything seems normal here.]

Why thank you. I try to take what I have learned from my friends to heart.

[There's a beat.]

I like your hair.

[moveyourdeadfros]

Ah, I had a feeling you might, lady Nia. This may be the first time you have had this conversation... but it is not the first time I have had it.

[Sweet memories overtake him, games long since past and acquaintances he will never forget- despite the lack of brain to hold said memories in! He knows this is not that lady Nia, and to treat her as such would not be fair... but sometimes, an old man must allow himself some indulgences. Reliving old memories just happens to be today's course.]

[liberame]

[She blinks and tilts her head slightly.]

I am sorry that I do not remember you. I would introduce myself again but it seems you already know me, so you have me at a slight disadvantage...

[moveyourdeadfros]

That I do, my lady.

[So he lifts his hat, and takes a deep bow- deep enough that his head is almost at the same height as she.]

I am 'Dead Bones' Brook, musician of the Strawhat Pirates. And I... knew one like you, once upon a time.

[liberame]

[She's just going to mimic the motion, though she doesn't bow as low, because... well, Brook really had to bend to get his head on level with hers...]

Well met, Sir Brook. It is an honor and pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[useddig]

Hey, anyone who doesn't think you're worthy of their time deserves a kick in the teeth.

[Simon grins, shoving hands in his pockets.]

But you can tell him from me that everyone makes stupid mistakes, but no matter what you just gotta keep on pushing forward.

[liberame]

Simon!

[Excuse her, she's just going to latch on to your arm... and not going to let go for now.]

I thought you would say something like that. He promises he will keep mistakes to a minimum however.

[useddig]

[Excuse him if he doesn't mind one bit.]

Good. Mistakes happen, but as far as you're concerned? I don't want there being too many.

[Nobody's perfect, he admits that. But this is Nia he's talking about.]

And no regrets, either. No point in moving forward if all you're doing is eyeing your own ass.

[liberame]

[Considering the last thing she remembers is dying on their wedding day, she's just... going to hold on tight.]

I shall do my best to help out.

[She nods a bit, even if she does regret some things... not anything she could help, but still.]

Right. The past cannot be changed but the future has yet to be written. I am just glad I have a future to write here.

[useddig]

[He's trying real hard not to think too much about that. He's just glad she's here. That's what matters.]

Damn right you do. That's the best thing about this place. Always someplace new to move forward to, and always someplace to go. It's really awesome and there's all sorts of new people to meet.

[He gives her hand a gentle squeeze.]

But if it's the familiar faces that mean the most.

[liberame]

[That makes two of 'em.]

I look forward to that. It is definitely nice to see new people and meet old friends. A nice dead man said that even Bro could be found here.

[She's just going to return the squeeze.]

I am just glad to have found you. Just knowing you are here makes this place a lot less scary.