on apping to EV in the future

[straighttotheheart]

They permit me my sword? It can't be that bad.

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[foepas]

He doesn't seem to mind the arrangement too much.

The stars change sometimes, from one night to the next. And the nights are very long.

[straighttotheheart]

That's good. [If surprising.]

They don't do that at home? [He's never cared to notice. Stars are stars.]

[foepas]

[Maybe it's the fact that Alec doesn't spend much time in the room, or that the nights are so very long that it's hardly necessary to sleep for the whole time.]

No, Richard, they don't.

[The stars themselves certainly don't, not the Alec means they do where he is now.]

[straighttotheheart]

Does it matter? That that they change?

[It's probably not a good topic to let Alec dwell on, so he continues:]

At least it's not boring there.

[foepas]

Of course it matters. How are they changing, why would they change...? It goes against what I know of how it works, and how they do work back in Riverside, and probably everywhere else on the planet.

And no place is never boring.

[straighttotheheart]

It's not Riverside, so you can't expect them to work the same way, can you? [It makes sense to Richard, but he isn't inclined to think too seriously about it.]

Some places are more boring than others. [Like the Hill, even if he wouldn't have thought than when he was younger.]

[foepas]

[...Yes, Richard, yes he can.]

I can still expect to find that my feet are drawn to the ground, can't I?

You should reconsider coming here. I don't think that you'll like it.

[straighttotheheart]

I suppose so, yes. [He doesn't push the subject any further.]

You're there.

[foepas]

Of course. That's how I know.

[straighttotheheart]

I like Riverside more for you being there. [A fact he was only really made aware of with Alec's absence from Riverside.]

[foepas]

Don't be an idiot, Richard. Don't come here for me.

[straighttotheheart]

Why not?

[foepas]

There isn't any point.

[straighttotheheart]

[A relaxed shrug.] And if I want to, anyway?

[foepas]

You won't be able to leave when you decide I'm not worth it, you know.

[straighttotheheart]

I've been able to leave since I met you, haven't I? I doubt there's anything you could do to change my mind now.

[foepas]

I could refuse to see you if you came.

[straighttotheheart]

[He just looks amused at that.]

Would you?

[foepas]

I might.

[He'll certainly say he he would if it means that Richard will reconsider coming.]

[straighttotheheart]

I don't think you would.

I've already made up my mind.

[foepas]

Just...get off the beach and head for the building as soon as you arrive, alright?

[straighttotheheart]

[He'd ask why, if there was a point.]

Okay.