And, well, everyone had different plans, and of course I needed to be here, so... well, now that the wars are over, it's a peaceful retirement for a not-quite-old soldier.
Well, if you want to annoy me, then start doing my chores.
[ it's a challenge now >:E
The table is modest, and wooden—unvarnished. There's a little ring where she probably puts a teacup a lot, a rough-woven placemat that was cut close-to-rectangular from a bolt of cloth.
It's set for exactly one person; there's a notebook sitting next to the singular place setting, closed. ]
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...how do you feel about tofu? Though I think this recipe is pretty good even for people who aren't as into it.
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I'll pass, honestly.
And "a nice home somewhere" so this isn't going back to our messed up worlds. Just... a small thing.
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And, well, everyone had different plans, and of course I needed to be here, so... well, now that the wars are over, it's a peaceful retirement for a not-quite-old soldier.
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[ she shoves a cup of water into his hands. ]
At least have a seat.
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[he stares at the water, and then sets it down on the table, like this is a challenge now?]
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[ it's a challenge now >:E
The table is modest, and wooden—unvarnished. There's a little ring where she probably puts a teacup a lot, a rough-woven placemat that was cut close-to-rectangular from a bolt of cloth.
It's set for exactly one person; there's a notebook sitting next to the singular place setting, closed. ]
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Mark the days.
Mark the course of the sun
across the sky, every morning
cup of tea, just one.
Open the page of my mind
to you, my favorite story.
Tend the garden, tend
toward nostalgia, think of
the turn of the seasons, and how
everything feels like forever
and no time at all. I have
only the clock of the sun
to guide me, and nothing
to be late to, here.
It doesn't matter. No matter
how long, when the distance
between the last time and next
is never, it's all just eternity.
The rest of the notebook is poetry fragments, disconnected couplets, a couple sketches, ink blotches. ]
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before tearing that page out, and folding it nicely.]
Got any tea?
[he shouts towards the kitchen]
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Well, for the special occasion of Jason asking about tea I'll make some just for you.
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And like I said, make yourself at home, you know?
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[he is going to look at the abandoned water-- before moving to the sectioned off bedroom area.]
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