room 321 | early afternoon | sunday | 27 december

[see_beyond]

For Jonas, the passing of Christmas wasn't much of an event at all. He'd spent so much of his life not knowing about Christmas that the day had come and gone without Jonas even realizing it. He'd stayed in, read some, slept some and relaxed. It had seemed like the best use of time off

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[living_endless]

So even incarnations of Death got bored after a week or so of break, and that was what Didi was just then.

Hence leaning into Jonas' doorway with a small, wrapped package. It was nothing special -- a box of chocolates -- but she liked giving presents, and he seemed like he might appreciate getting them.

"Hi," she said. "How are you? Thinking deep thoughts?"

[see_beyond]

It took Jonas a minute to realize that the voice he heard wasn't just a voice in his head from an errant memory. It was closer, familiar and it had him shaking his head to get out of the daydream.

"I think I was," he said and laughed. Odd really, since deep thinking hadn't been encouraged back home and he tended to do that a lot here. "Hello, Didi. How are you?"

[living_endless]

She shrugged one shoulder. "Good. A little bored waiting for classes to start. I have something for you."

Uninvited, she wandered a step into the room. "Thinking about anything interesting?"

[see_beyond]

"Something for me?" he asked, letting the momentary surprise distract from her question. Gifts, another thing he was unfamiliar with. He'd received gifts at the Ceremonies but being here, he realized things like haircuts and coats weren't the only things one could get.

"And no, not really," he finally answered once the question leaked back into the forefront of his thoughts. "I was thinking about my home but it's unimportant now."