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[mizrahigirl]

...Oh!

I forgot.

Yesterday...yesterday makes two years. ...I guess this makes me 14.

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[freakyfanboy]

..."Two years"?

Oh! You mean it was your birthday?

[mizrahigirl]

Mm, not really, it's two years since I got here.

[freakyfanboy]

Ahh, I see. ...That's...quite a long time.

[mizrahigirl]

It is. Last year there was a party, but I'd remembered earlier that time.

It's...strange, being older, but not being older.

[nogoldbikinis]

That's one of the longest stays I've heard of.

[mizrahigirl]

It's been a long time.

But I think there are others here who have been here longer.

[nogoldbikinis]

I've heard that, too. Two years seems to be the stopping point, though. I don't think I've heard of anyone who's been here longer than that.

[mizrahigirl]

Mm, maybe not. I know Rubedo was here before me, but he left a while ago, so I guess that doesn't count.

[ourdenouement]

Two years... in this place?

[mizrahigirl]

Mm, two years in the City.

[ourdenouement]

I bet nothing surprises you anymore, then.

[mizrahigirl]

I don't know about that, the City is pretty strange sometimes.

[sword_and_quill]

Do you have a birthday that you know of?

...Seems we've both been here that long, now. Almost hard to believe I've known you for two years in this place already.

[mizrahigirl]

I did. I don't know what it is though, because the calendar's a little different, here.

Two years for you too?

[machi_tobaye]

Then... we are the same age!

Is your birthday?

[mizrahigirl]

Ah...you're 14 too?

Mm, not really. It's two years since I got here.

[machi_tobaye]

Oh... an anniversary!

Are you happy?

[mizrahigirl]

I...I guess I am.