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[Rei's room is much brighter than normal. An entire wall has been replaced with a view of green fields leading up to distant mountains set against a sky so blue it almost hurts to look at. The floor seems to drop off into thin air and clouds drift past, sometimes edging into the room proper

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[jivitadana]

[Some of the changes around the Mansion had been so surreal. Yet once he saw the vast lush landscape paired with the brightest of blue skies, a seemingly sunny day almost antithetical to his own room, Minato took a closer look.

He smiled, seeing whose imagination he had been watching.]

... Rei?

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Yes.

[She doesn't turn.]

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[jivitadana]

Are you all right?

[She looked like she might be, but he had to be sure. He looked and saw more clouds float by.]

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[second_first]

Yes. I am.

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[jivitadana]

Mn. [That was a relief.]

... It looks peaceful.

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[second_first]

This view...has meaning to me.

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[jivitadana]

Meaning? May I ask in what way?

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Mountains change over time. Mountains are things you see with your eyes. Things you can touch.

The sky can't be seen. Can't be touched. It doesn't change.

Both things are real. Both things exist.

The mountains are your body.

The sky is your soul.

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[jivitadana]

[He liked that explanation.]

Both exist, but you need both together.

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Yes.

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[jivitadana]

... Are you missing the heart and the mind?

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Sun and water. A unique object. A comforting object.

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[jivitadana]

Respectively?

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Yes.

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[jivitadana]

Then all together you have a complete scene.

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[second_first]

Yes.

I left out the flowers.