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[willsaves]

You've managed to find a woman both too old and too human for my icons, good job. Clearly you're not cut out for this. Perhaps you should leave your hobby to the people with talent. Then you can let me go back home, and we can both forget that this ever occured.

Just a suggestion.

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[majormalfunction]

You'll have to let me know if telling them that works. Every time I try to retire, something keeps bringing me back.

[willsaves]

It's completely fruitless. I'll simply have to wait till she tires of me. Hopefully soon.

Perhaps the same will happen to you.

[majormalfunction]

I doubt that.

[willsaves]

Aren't you the optimistic one?

[majormalfunction]

I prefer to be realistic.

[willsaves]

How's that working out for you?

[majormalfunction]

Well, actually. At least I'm never disappointed.

[willsaves]

Perhaps I need to take a page out of your book. Recently it seems things are almost always disappointing.

[majormalfunction]

It helps in my line of work.

[willsaves]

Oh really, and what line of work is that?

[majormalfunction]

Public security.

[willsaves]

Sounds...exciting. Is that really a career so full of disappointment?

[majormalfunction]

People are capable of disgusting things.

[willsaves]

A fair point. I don't think anyone could disagree with that.

[majormalfunction]

It's better to be realistic than optimistic.

[willsaves]

I know people who would disagree. Vehemently. I don't generally count myself among them, though as the world has yet to disabuse them of the notion, perhaps they have the right of it after all.

[majormalfunction]

They'll figure it out eventually.

[willsaves]

Perhaps, but I wouldn't count on it. Some people are simply indomitable. Or stupid. It's surprisingly hard to tell which.

[majormalfunction]

That's something I can agree with.

[willsaves]

So you're also cursed to have such people in your life? How unfortunate for us both.

[majormalfunction]

The entire place I've ended up is full of the determined stupid.

[willsaves]

The entire place? Truly? I'll certainly never consider myself unlucky again. Perhaps I owe you thanks.

[majormalfunction]

You could always come see it for yourself.

[willsaves]

Why would I ever want to put myself through that?

[not that it's up to her]

[majormalfunction]

Firsthand experience is always better than secondhand information. No description of that place can ever do it justice.

[willsaves]

I'm sure that's true, but I don't feel the need to test it.

[majormalfunction]

Not a fan of torture?

[willsaves]

Is anyone?

[majormalfunction]

They are. Apparently.

[willsaves]

I'm sad to say the place I may be headed to is much the same. It seems the fates have it in for me either way.

[majormalfunction]

I don't believe in fate.

[willsaves]

I feel my god would be most displeased if I didn't. Even then, nothing is ever completely set in stone.

[majormalfunction]

I don't believe in gods either. If that sets me free of fate, then that's fine with me.

[willsaves]

That's not a possibility for me. Our worlds must be as different as night and day.

[majormalfunction]

It wouldn't be the first time I've heard about other worlds.

[willsaves]

Nor for myself. I was aware of it coming in. I'll admit though, it is different seeing that in such an obvious way. Different and fascinating.

[majormalfunction]

It gets to be less of that with time.

[willsaves]

Most things do, at least in theory. Still, I wish there was a way to conduct a study. To see the differences and patterns and such between all of the worlds represented. Technology, and politics, and the divine obviously, and everything else one can think of.

First I find out my world's just a floating continent - now I find out there's so much more out there. I can't see how this could stop being amazing.

[and she's digging through her bag to find some ink and paper in this temporal wasteland. It's a nice reprieve from the babble.]

[majormalfunction]

You might be happy in one of these places, then.

[willsaves]

Perhaps one without the torture. Even then though, I would never want to stay.

[majormalfunction]

Good luck. All of them are torturous in some way.

[willsaves]

Has anyone ever said that you're the very figure of reassurance and hope?

[majormalfunction]

Once or twice.

[willsaves]

You know some truly disturbed individuals.

[majormalfunction]

It happens.