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[consecratedash]

Cola never did shit for me, personally.

Of course, neither did birthdays. Narcissistic little holidays. Suppose everyone's got one, though.

[Private to Matt]

So, got a birthday wish?

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[myownmemory]

Narcissistic?

...What's everybody talking about, this Cola thing?

[consecratedash]

Holidays focused on personal rot, you know. Celebrate your own birth, that kind of shit.

[A little pause, mostly for Mello to roll his eyes.]

There's a cola machine lurking around out there. Think fizzy battery acid. Course that might not mean anything to you either.

[myownmemory]

It's not rot, to count how long you've been existing. A year's a long time to look back on. A lot of important memories can happen in a year.

Fizzy battery acid? So it's like the drinks at Thorn, only fizzy.

[consecratedash]

Never been much for sentiment, myself.

[..]

Right. Not a bad example, come to that.

[myownmemory]

Well...Birthdays are still nice things for friends to do for each other, I think.

Matt will probably want some of it.

[consecratedash]

You know, can't say I spend a lot of time wondering about what nice things I can do for friends.

[And here comes the great ironic twist.]

Yeah. Picked up one for him.

[myownmemory]

One day out of a whole year isn't a lot of time.

[consecratedash]

Depends on how many friends you've got.

Could be a hell of a lot more than one day, if you're a social butterfly. 'Course, not here.