[voice]

[blue_and_proud]

So, as I sit here wrapping a lot more Christmas presents than I thought I would have to, I was thinking about Christmas's before. When I was little I didn't celebrate for...well, just because. And then when I got a little older, after I met Charles, I did, but the presents tended to be...hit or miss.

Some of them were just awful. Charles's mother

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[audio]

[unetrustworthy]

I don't know.

It's been a long time since I've gotten a present, really.

[blue_and_proud]

Well, I've just stopped teaching. But I'll be around sometimes, I imagine. My brother still works there.

[Assuming works for me!]

[unetrustworthy]

Your brother's here too?

That must be nice.

[blue_and_proud]

...It is, really.

He showed up a few months after me.

[unetrustworthy]

Are you close?

I'm sorry this is so late. I thought I tagged it.

[blue_and_proud]

...Yeah. He's the only family I've got.

It's okay; I've had that happen to me before.

[unetrustworthy]

I'm glad you and Mr. Charles have each other, then.

[blue_and_proud]

You don't have any family here?

[unetrustworthy]

No. I don't.