Seventh Flight - Video

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[Even the glasses can't hide the sadness behind them. Clark is quiet when the video feed comes on, and his eyes only briefly flicker toward the video. He twists his hands together in front of him, anxiously.]

I don't know if it's just me, but--

[The hands unknot and then Clark raises one to the back of his head, rubbing at his neck.How do you go

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voice;

[dancing_pierrot]

You make them want a part of it. [There's an unspoken obviously on the end of that statement.]

But honestly, what kind of advice are you looking for with such a general hypothesis?

voice;

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Make them? How?

Well I was thinking more of - other people sharing their experiences, rather than me going too deep into it. I don't want to endanger any hope we might have by gossipping about it.

voice;

[dancing_pierrot]

'Hope'? Is that to imply that this matter is of the romantic variety? Nonetheless, by the very nature of the terminology, you cannot make someone forgive themselves. If they refuse to speak with you because of some misplaced sense of guilt, then they are all the more fool for it.

voice;

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Oh, it's... Romantic? No. Did it sound like that?

[Flustered.]

And if the guilt isn't misplaced? What if they should be guilty, but that guilt doesn't change the fact that they're forgiven for what they did?

voice;

[dancing_pierrot]

If they're forgiven, then it remains misplaced. It's quite simple, really. [Easier said than done, but isn't it always?]

... Oh, so it wasn't a romantic mishap of some kind? Yes, I must say that it rather did sound like one.

voice;

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[Definitely embarassed. Excuse him for a moment while he pretends to listen to himself talk with a new ear. It's just a short pause in the conversation, and then he's back.]

I really do, don't I? Uh... No. No, it's nothing like that. Sometimes forgiveness isn't quite that simple. Have you never done anything that you...regretted, but having made that mistake is more painful than the mistake itself?

voice;

[dancing_pierrot]

Let's just say that I'm not in the habit of making mistakes.

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Oh really? Never?

voice;

[dancing_pierrot]

Never.

voice;

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Well that's too bad. How do you learn?

voice;

[dancing_pierrot]

Oh, the same way everyone else does. Experience. I'm more than capable of learning from others' mistakes, of course.

Re: voice;

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I'm sure you thank them for their efforts at failing miserably so you don't have to, huh?

voice;

[dancing_pierrot]

Sometimes. On the other hand, there's often no real need.

Re: voice;

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[Painfully arrogant. Wow. She'd give Lionel a run for his money. All of it.]

Well I-- Huh.

voice;

[dancing_pierrot]

Just say, for instance, that someone dies from their mistakes. Someone else learns from it, because the person who committed the original fault cannot, and of course, it is not necessary, useful or even possible to thank them.

Anyway, you should really consider if the other person in this situation is really worth the effort.

voice;

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There's never a time when someone isn't worth the effort.