Seven | Dictated

[loveandstrife]

[A soft sigh comes and Cloud shuffles to sit down, thumbing the edge of the page. He's lonely, anxious, tired of hiding in his room or walking through the city just to have somewhere else to be than in his room. He wishes he was able to do something about it but making friends has never been his strong suit. Even the friends he had were brought

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Mmhmm...

[loveandstrife]

There are more people than I realised.

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It's not at all uncommon to be alone from your world. The castle seems to have broad taste.

[loveandstrife]

But it seems to favour certain worlds, too.

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It does. Don't think of it as being "alone", though.

[loveandstrife]

How else should I think of it?

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Possibly in a way that doesn't reinforce your own loneliness.

[loveandstrife]

[He'll just go quiet there for a moment. You've hit the nail on the head, Rin.]

...I guess so.

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[She's sharp like that sometimes. Perhaps it helps that in a way she can identify.

She doesn't sound pitying, though.]

You might be here for a long time. If you let yourself be miserable the whole time, when you have the choice to connect with other people, then maybe you deserve to be.

[loveandstrife]

Hey, I'm making friends. I just don't... manage people well. I guess I'm not the sociable type.

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You might be here long enough that you end up knowing some folks here longer than you knew some of the people you were close to at home.

[loveandstrife]

That's a horrible thought... even if it's probably true.

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Why so terrible?

[loveandstrife]

That any of us could be here that long. I just hope I go home before I'm here as long as I've known my oldest friend...

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Who knows? You might go home tomorrow, and then you'll ditch everyone you've even slightly gotten to know here.

[loveandstrife]

[He won't out loud admit that he'd give up everyone he's met here just to be with Tifa, Denzel, Marlene and Shelke.] Right. Anyone could go at any minute. It's weird when you think about that.