† 67 [video]

[holymadonna]

Eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month-Yesterday was very peaceful, wasn't it? After the world wars, that day became a date for remembrance of the conflict and the armistice for the countries involved; and it became a day to recall the conflicts, the fallen soldiers and the end of all of it. I think it would have been more

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[valentineluke]

...poppies.

[holymadonna]

Yes, dear?

[valentineluke]

Dear!!??

War remembrances automatically make me think of poppy fields.

[holymadonna]

[innocent endearment she uses with several people.]

Is there any special connection for you?

[valentineluke]

[having a hard time coming to grips with the connection to a goody-two-shoes who's also a vampiric mother figure]

Yes, somewhat. No, not particularly.

[holymadonna]

Then why the association?

[valentineluke]

The World Wars tilled the soil. Wherever violence struck the land, fields of red poppies would later appear.

[holymadonna]

I thought you were more acquainted with the second war and not the first one.

[valentineluke]

I was born long after II ended. Information on both wars can be easily gotten from books.

[holymadonna]

Were you?

[What about his connection with that 'Major' and 'Millennium'. Lilith has a good memory.]

I understand, it must In Flanders Fields is worthwhile to recall.

[valentineluke]

Yes. In human years and by my world's date of 1999, I'm thirty-two.

In London, yes. The US seems content with a prolific showing of American flags in place of poppies.