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[finaleultimo]

Well, I hate this island. We should probably get on purifying some salt water. And hope for rain.

In better news, I found this strange little caterpillar today...

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[finaleultimo]

I'm pretty sure it's from the dalceridae family, which would mean that it is a moth larva. The moths themselves are really cool, too, if it is:

[revolutionbegun]

Mmnn, it doesn't look quite as awesome once it's grown up, disappointingly enough. Though I suppose most things in life are like that.

[finaleultimo]

Well, and as with all things in life, it probably looks most awkward between childhood and adulthood.

[revolutionbegun]

Yeah, well. It's a real pity having to grow up sometimes.

[finaleultimo]

There's something to be said for reaching maturity - strength, for one.

[revolutionbegun]

And restrictions and expectations.
You can have strength as a child, it's just of a different sort.

[finaleultimo]

And freedoms and privileges.

You can have imagination and wonder as an adult.

[revolutionbegun]

Not while being consistently goaded into becoming a productive, functional, member of society that you want absolutely no part of.

[finaleultimo]

And it's any better when you're too young to make the decision for yourself whether or not you wish to attend school? What are you then? A robot who sits in class all day repeating back what the teacher says?

[revolutionbegun]

The kid reprimanded for taking blackboard chalk and putting them to better use.
The kid issued warning letters home because he wasn't "working properly with his peers."
The kid labeling homework as 'busywork,' passing tests but failing classes.
Incompatible. That sort.

[finaleultimo]

An adult in a child's body, in other words.

[revolutionbegun]

Maturity goes beyond just years.

[finaleultimo]

And "adult" is no more defined by age than "maturity." Everything's relative.

[revolutionbegun]

...Hah. You'd get along with that Yamato guy.

[finaleultimo]

Yamato? Is he the weird one with the long blonde hair?

[revolutionbegun]

...You mean the German staying up at nights? No, not that one. The one... You know. Him.
I've got a photo I can show you, if that helps identify.