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[arcanacabana]

Ow! [The sorcerer shakes his hand briefly before reaching out toward the device and taking it up. He brings it with him across the apartment.]I always thought Thanksgiving was an interesting holiday. Perhaps a day that shouldn't have been created so late in history by a new country not yet independent. You have to wonder what there is to be

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[beyondimagining]

There are always things to be thankful for. Holidays like this celebrate the goodness and the mercy and the humanitarianism that are the only things that allow men to dwell in peace with one another. It's marvelous, really.

[arcanacabana]

Did you hear about the one during World War II? The story about the American troops sharing Christmas with a group of German soldiers? Wrong holiday technically, but right message.

[beyondimagining]

Yes, many of the older people in my town remember fighting in the war. They were rather fond of telling stories.

[arcanacabana]

...Usually it's the other way around. Most don't like to tell stories.

Except for a few happy ones. I suppose.

[beyondimagining]

I rather imagine it was only a few happy stories that they told and embellished. And some wished to be certain that all of we children knew of the Blitz. So that it should never be forgotten.

[arcanacabana]

For good reason.

[beyondimagining]

The Dark was strong in that time.

[arcanacabana]

And all the things that follow it whether they realize it or not. [He shakes his head in a sad gesture.]

[beyondimagining]

Such is the way it has always been. Always, the Dark rises at such times.