Voice --> Video

[onequarter]

[ At first it's just voice. ]

I've been thinking about determination. The reasons why we fight.

Perhaps it's time I moved out of Dismas. I should be stronger than I am.

[ Suddenly, Video! There is a full-grown duck pecking at the Forge, which is angled awkwardly towards Clare from the cushions of the couch on which she's sitting. For a moment

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voice;

[theotokos]

[There is a ping of pity and understanding when she hears the words. She knows how that feels-]

Then go, can't dwell on it forever, can you?

voice;

[onequarter]

... True.

voice;

[theotokos]

Besides. The only thing you can do is bare it, that's how you get stronger. Haven't you ever heard that corny phrase...?

Actually, judging most of you around here, probably not. So "what doesn't kill you doesn't make you stronger" or whatever.

voice;

[onequarter]

. . . Yes. As long as I am living, that is... good.

"What doesn't kill me makes me stronger."

[prescientblade]

[The video might not be intentional but that doesn't make it any easier to see her like that.]

You're stronger than you know, Clare.

voice;

[onequarter]

I am not certain what I am any more.

[Voice]

[onequarter]

Something hurts.

[Voice]

[onequarter]

The man who lives with me... has gone home.