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[spadassin]

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[voice] why hello there uncomfortably familiar subject matter

[taughttolisten]

[in a low, thoughtful tone of voice]

It is in the nature of all things to die, and in the nature of every being with the capacity for emotion to mourn. Grief is an axis on which whole worlds may spin. But even as the loss of someone dear never leaves us, the memories they inhabit can never be banished.

We may mourn for a day or a lifetime, but those who are gone once existed and touched our lives. Try to hold that foremost in your thoughts.

[voice]

[spadassin]

I do not plan on forgetting them. They are too deeply ingrained in the world's history, and mine, to be forgotten.

Perhaps I shall.

[whoajeezwhat]

[AAA WHAT DO HER STUDENTS CALL HER]

I think that's a really great idea. Where do we sign up?

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[spadassin]

[MASTER OR SENSEI, INSIDE THE CLASSROOM. PROBABLY SCATTY OUTSIDE]

Right here.

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[whoajeezwhat]

Then consider me signed up. It's Mark.

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[spadassin]

Mark, of course. Thank you for your help.

[400yearsold]

It all depends on how close they are. Lover, family or friend?

[spadassin]

Friend. Very close friend.

[400yearsold]

It's taken me from one month to a whole year to get over losing close friends.

[spadassin]

I see. Thank you for the insight.

[voice]

[spadassin]

[gently.]

But I cannot feel pain.

[voice]

[spadassin]

Do not.

[spadassin]

So I have been told. But I meant such things as wearing black and the like.

[spadassin]

Why not?