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[astounding]

You shouldn't talk about feeling selfish simply because you get so many "one word usernames." It's not really something worth feeling selfish about, I'd say.

As for mine, it's better than what it could have been.

It's good to see you've grown so much, at least. I'm sure you'll leave me here to be covered with dust and cobwebs, then to decay, then to rot, or maybe simply pull out only to talk to students or my wife.

At least you don't have time for any more games. I'm too old and tired for them, thanks.

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[astounding]

[o u greeks! o9]

I haven't been in any games in a long, long time, and I'm quite the better off for it.

[hydrokhoos]

[ tragedy's kind of their thing okok. ]

Even if your wife and son were there?

[astounding]

[ WAIT WHAT ]

I would be interested, yes [extremely so] but that doesn't mean she has the time [lies]. Where is it?

[hydrokhoos]

[ he holds up his hands in a placating gesture, shaking his head slightly. ]

It was just a question, I'm sorry. I know how miserable it can be, being separated from your loved ones.

[astounding]

[He can't imagine his wife and son being together. He can't imagine his son being grown. Things he won't ever see; at least, not on the walking, waking world.]

Miserable? Yes, it's quite unpleasant. It just sounds like complaining going further into it, though.

[hydrokhoos]

It's hardly so minor as a complaint. You love them and miss them, there's nothing wrong with that.

[ it's been thousands of years and he still misses his own family, after all. ]

[astounding]

[...it seems those beloved by the gods would have those problems, yes. That is quite the tragedy indeed.]

I am not the first, nor will I be the last.

...I'm sorry, do I know you? You seem to be more invested in my life than I would think a total stranger would rightly be.

[hydrokhoos]

[ a startled laugh. ]

No, I'm sorry, I don't mean to be so nosy. My writer's quite fond of your.. ah.. 'canon', so I probably know more than I should.

[astounding]

Ahhh, yes. That does tend to happen, what with it being popular, as you so called it. And your writer doesn't "play" anyone from said canon?

[Remus' own needed quite a bit of encouragement to play anyone, so he's not about to judge.]

[hydrokhoos]

Well, she used to. I'm afraid it's been a while, and Mister Snape isn't particularly agreeable to begin with.

[ a pause, then he offers a small, polite nod. ]

My name is Ganymede, by the way. It's lovely to meet you.

[astounding]

[His eyebrows lift, thinned as they are. The name's not at all out of place where he's from, but the idea that this poor man shares a space with Severus...]

No, he's really not.

Remus Lupin, and the same to you, Ganymede. A family name, perhaps?

[hydrokhoos]

No, I'm afraid not. At least, not in the way you might be thinking. [ his expression might be edging toward embarrassment, now. ] I'm very much Zeus' Ganymede.

[astounding]

[He doesn't even want to ask about that. He's been around too long to know when something's really off limits.]

...Merlin's beard, you are?