IX: too purple for this.

[abdicatedgod]

[Hurried, but very precise writing.]

Someone help me! I can't... I don't know what half these things they want me to do are, and everyone keeps thinking I'm lazy or an idiot and this isn't fair!

none of this is fair.

This is Teppic. I'm... alive. [He thinks.] Jane? Angelica? Luigi? Anyone?

Comments

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[victimofnoone]

Are you okay?

Re: Private

[abdicatedgod]

Fine. Yep.

Just... doing a job I don't even understand. Nothing too bad.

Private

[victimofnoone]

I don't know anything about sailing, but I can.. try to find you a book on it if you want?

Re: Private

[abdicatedgod]

I'm not sure they let me sit down long enough to read anything.

But... the thought's appreciated.

Private

[victimofnoone]

Okay. If you change your mind, you let me know.

Re: Private

[abdicatedgod]

Will... will do.

Are you... alright? After everything?

Private

[victimofnoone]

Not really? But whatever. Everything gets easier with time or practice.

Re: Private

[abdicatedgod]

Does it? Some things, surely, are forever hard.

I'm not even sure if that's proper Morporkian. It's been a long day.

Private

[victimofnoone]

I used to think that, but I'm not so sure anymore.

Re: Private

[abdicatedgod]

What changed your mind?

Private

[victimofnoone]

Practice.

Re: Private

[abdicatedgod]

I'm not sure that's really an answer. A good one, but not really one.

Private

[victimofnoone]

Why not?

Re: Private

[abdicatedgod]

Well, I may be a little tired, but... practice in making things that are always going to be hard easy?

Why is it possible, though?

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[victimofnoone]

I don't know. I guess you realize that it's not so hard if you can do it more than once.

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[abdicatedgod]

I suppose that's true. But perhaps the things that are forever going to be hard are different for different people.