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[not_polish]

[IT'S SALLY. AT A BAR surprise surprise.]

So, it's Veteran's Day, huh? Y'know for the longest time I knew it as Armistice Day until Eisenhower signed that bill, but I'm not here to give you a history lesson.

All I know is, it kinda gives you a bit of a perspective when you see folks in their late eighties and even in their hundreds being honored as

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[bestunrevealed]

The wizarding world raises no armies. Yet, we still manage to have wars. None so grand as what the Muggles manage-- killing each other in such large scale -- but all the same, they are wars still.

Have you been well?

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[not_polish]

Do you have holidays to honor those that fight? Funny, so many wizarding folk around here an' I still don't know much about 'em.

[the sound of another drink being poured.]

I've been holding up.

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[bestunrevealed]

Not as such.

I'm afraid we still keep to some old habits. Not speaking much of ourselves is ingrained in every wizarding child.

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[not_polish]

Humble each an' every one of you, hmm?

How have you been, hon? You've been awfully quiet.

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[comesback]

[There's a small smile.] Thanks, gorgeous.

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[not_polish]

[she wiggles her shoulder a bit as she sits forward towards the camera.]

Did you do anything special to celebrate, Jack?

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[comesback]

Oh, not really. Had a drink in honor of friends lost.

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[not_polish]

As am I.

[a pause, and she raises a newly filled glass]

Well, more than one drink.

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[manlytear]

Six and a half decades ago...

[ He gives a slight shake of his head. His tone is somewhat sober, though not overly so. ]

Even if your contributions did not seem like much to you, that sort of thing matters.

[not_polish]

Funny how showing a little bit of leg here an' there really gets a fella's fighting spirits up.

[manlytear]

It is impressive how that works.

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[willkissawookie]

It's only right that we respect those who have fought for freedom. [She's been doing some light reading on Earth's and, more relevantly, America's history.]

[not_polish]

Oh, of course.

[even if Eddie's a war hero and bloobloobloo he doesn't deserve her respect. >(

she looks at her glass thoughtfully ]

It wouldn't be right to just ignore 'em. They deserve something for doing what others without guts couldn't do. A whole day dedicated to them seems just about right.

[willkissawookie]

I agree. It's because of them that we can sit and reflect on their sacrifices without fear. [Leia nods sadly, her gaze no longer fixed on her screen.]

[not_polish]

Sounds like you know a great deal of what you're talking about.

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[latexspectre]

I think that's enough for tonight, Mother.

[not_polish]

Laurie.

[EXASPERATED SIGH.]

[latexspectre]

You're making a spectacle!

[not_polish]

Christ. I'm just having a couple of drinks. That's it.

It's not like I'm standing on the bar waving my bra around.