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[whatdeheckisdat]

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Action, March 19

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[lostinmyway]

That's good. It's important to keep your promises.

Did you finish your job yet?

[whatdeheckisdat]

...I never will. And that is why the persona was so angry. I cannot return home until I have succeeded, and here I am...

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[lostinmyway]

[She looks up at him quietly for a moment. And then she squeezes his hand again.]

I'll help. We can work together and do our best, and then you can go home.

Thanks, LJ.

[whatdeheckisdat]

[Dhaos shakes his head.]

It is impossible. It is not something that can be accomplished in Luceti.

[Not that he'll stop trying, but that's for him to deal with. He doesn't need Grune's help when it is likely to be a losing battle.]

[lostinmyway]

Are you sure? Maybe we can do a little bit together here, and then we can work together some more when we leave.

[It doesn't matter if they can't do very much, as long as they do what they can. She very much wants to help Dhaos so he won't be homesick anymore.]

[whatdeheckisdat]

When we...

Grune, if we leave, there will be nothing either of us can do.

[lostinmyway]

Why?

[whatdeheckisdat]

We--

[Because they will never see each other again, because neither will remember the other, because Dhaos is dead.]

Grune, there is nothing you can do. That is the simple truth.

[lostinmyway]

[She shakes her head.]

Oh, no. As long as we work together, we can always do something.

[whatdeheckisdat]

As long as we are in Luceti, we are powerless, and the moment we leave we will be separated. Your point is invalid.

[lostinmyway]

I'm sure that's not true. And when we leave, we can just find each other again. It will work out--I know it will.

[whatdeheckisdat]

...You are always so sure of everything. What makes you think we will be able to find each other after we leave?

[Even assuming they remember to look.]

[lostinmyway]

Oh, because we'll both do our best.

[whatdeheckisdat]

[Grune may do her best, but Dhaos is dead.]

...I have always done my best. [Even when he shouldn't have.] Nothing has ever come of it.

[lostinmyway]

Keep trying. I know everything will work out some day.

[This, she believes with all her heart.]

[whatdeheckisdat]

[But Dhaos has already given up in his heart, and the persona won't let him forget it.]

... If... you say so.

[lostinmyway]

It will. Because we'll both give it our all.

[whatdeheckisdat]

...You go on believing that, Grune.

[She can think whatever she wants. He's too tired of this to argue with her.]

[lostinmyway]

Oh, I always will. [And she smiles up at him.]

[whatdeheckisdat]

[Dhaos looks down at her for a moment, and then back out the window.

It could be worse. He could have died without ever telling anyone.]

[lostinmyway]

[He really should tell Grune someday. At the moment, she has no idea. ...Not that it would change things much for her.]

[whatdeheckisdat]

[Winona made it that far. Grune may hear it yet.]

[lostinmyway]

[And someday even later, she may even hear about the impossible task she's volunteered for. Not that that would change her mind about helping him, either.]

[whatdeheckisdat]

[You really are too good for Dhaos, Grune.]

[lostinmyway]

[She wouldn't agree with that at all.]