29th step: Touching spring

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[It's a rainy day at Adstringendum, but as the feed clicks on, the heavy fog that has been shrouding the Northwestern riverside appears to have lifted. Saul is just outside his house, kneeling at his Mehregan altar. Though both it and his outfit are far less fancy and decorated than last year, he is just as intent on his prayer, perhaps even more

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[saintedsinner]

... You planning on pneumonia on top of all that?

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[favorthebold]

For a small boy, you're really quite determined to be someone's mother.

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[saintedsinner]

I'M NOT SMALL!

And for some bad guy, you're really hell bent on offing yourself.

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[favorthebold]

I will not die so easily.

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[2ndlt_jeanhavoc]

[Yeaahhh he's never been one for religion and tries not to think about it after all the atrocity in his home world (to a culture that revolved around it) by his people. But that's a really relaxing sight to have seen on the PCD, more so than he would have thought.]

Looks like y'may have had your prayers answered.

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[favorthebold]

[Their experience with religion probably has more in common than Jean suspects, but Saul loves his god too well to care what people do in his name.]

This too is fortune's favor.

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[2ndlt_jeanhavoc]

[Ahuh that totally went over his head, fortune what now? Okay he knows the word fortune in that part, but a favour to fortune? Never heard of it.]

Ah yeah? Well.. can use all th'fortune we can get our hands on here in Adstring, that's for sure.

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[favorthebold]

[All things considered it's probably better that way. Saul grins slightly.]

We need it wherever we are, dome.

[Voice]

[vile_queen]

[Her tone is civil at best, but it's not outright angry.]

And this is called?

[Voice]

[favorthebold]

[A tense pause before he answers, she's lucky it's a good day.]

This is Mehregan, the spring festival.

[Voice]

[vile_queen]

And spring is connected to sunlight? Or is it simply a response to the weather itself?

[Her normal curiosity sounds a bit flat.]

[Voice]

[favorthebold]

If winter is the death of the sun, then spring is its revival. I have sacrificed to the Risen Son; now I celebrate his return.

[bunny_flower]

Are you quite sure you do not want any help with your injuries, Saul-san ?

[favorthebold]

We have run this round before, haven't we, doma?

[bunny_flower]

Does that somehow prevent me from offering again ?

[favorthebold]

Evidently not. You do not fear that I will turn on you again?

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[dreams_are_mine]

What are you celebrating?

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[favorthebold]

Mehregan. The vernal equinox.

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[dreams_are_mine]

A custom, in your world?

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[favorthebold]

A world is a big place, domeina. It is a holy day of my faith, in those lands where it is practiced.