❱❱❱ａｕｄｉｏ。

[shiningdown]

Well. There's reading. I would like to do more of that. I've had enough time and yet I never seem to finish a story. [ A pause. ] Speaking to others more frequently. [ Yet another pause, a frustrated sigh. ] And a more...'normal' schedule, that is, to be awake during the day rather than at night. [ Some radio silence and then the device shuts off

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[heliolatrous]

It's not that hard to talk to people.

[shiningdown]

[ muttered but definitely audible ]

But most people are so aggravating.

It depends on the person, I suppose.

[heliolatrous]

[ He laughs at that; he can't disagree at all. ]

Of course, some are easier to deal with than others, but just talking to them isn't hard.

[shiningdown]

That may be more or less true, if one doesn't mind whether or not they are actually listening.

[heliolatrous]

It depends on what you're looking for in conversations with them. Sometimes it's not that bad, just talking.

[shiningdown]

Simply to fill time, yes it's not bad. Silence can cloy after a while.

I don't believe we've spoken before. You are?

[heliolatrous]

...that's true.

I am Apollo.

[shiningdown]

And I am Yvaine.

[heliolatrous]

[ Another person who doesn't react to the name. Maybe he should get used to this. ]

It's...nice to meet you, I guess.

[ Though he can't quite keep the disappointment out of his voice. ]

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[shiningdown]

Nice to meet you as well.

[ She pauses... ]

[shiningdown]

...is something wrong?

You sound...

[ She doesn't quite land on the word 'disappointed', if only because she's not sure why that would be, but she's still quite curious despite trailing off. ]

[heliolatrous]

No, it's nothing.

[ He'll get over it. Someday. ]

[shiningdown]

I don't quite believe you.

[ She says it strangely without rudeness, closer to the use of candor. ]

[heliolatrous]

You should. I can't lie.

[shiningdown]

Of course you can. Everyone is capable of lying.

People, animals - though they are less inclined -, celestial beings, and those in between.

[ ...or so she has always believed... ]

[heliolatrous]

The gods cannot lie.

It really was nothing; I guess it's not a big enough deal for it to really count as something.