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[athousandcurses]

I know that we are here voluntarily, and as such this may seem like an odd question to ask...

How do you adjust to not only come from a different planet, but a universe where everything is different? Does it make you happy or do you feel ever more homesick? I have heard it said that something familiar changed only a bit can be more unsettling than something completely alien.

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[vengeance_driven]

I guess I just roll with it. As long as it ain't killing me everything is okay.

[athousandcurses]

[Grainne smiles a bit.]

That is a brave view of the world.

[vengeance_driven]

It's not so much brave as necessary. I miss my home a lot, but things there changed. They're ruined now. There's nothing you can do about change, so you go with it.

It's lucky if it is a change that makes you happy, but doesn't really hurt things.

[athousandcurses]

Ah... I meant it is brave because every day that passes is a day closer to inevitability. You remain cheerful no matter what happens, don't you?

[But the rest has her attention. She leans forward slightly, propping her chin on a hand.]

How did it become ruined?

[vengeance_driven]

Not really. I am waiting for things to resolve. [For him to finally die for whatever reason- he just habitually makes himself hard to kill. But he won't say that exactly.] I can still have a good time while I wait.

This is a pretty good place, comfortable. I can't really go home, so it is better than nothing.

[athousandcurses]

Would you stay here if you found you could return?

[vengeance_driven]

My reasons for not returning are complicated. But yes, I think I would stay. I have it pretty good here, and less terrible things are asked of me.

[Less terrible. He still runs guns in the caverns, but he's not had to kill a single person.]

[athousandcurses]

[Puzzled, Grainne raises an eyebrow at him.] I did not know being a guide meant you had to do terrible things.

[vengeance_driven]

Like I said. Less terrible things.

I was not a guide before. [Though he'll be much more careful about what he says, now.] I was a soldier and that didn't prepare me for many good jobs. But it is okay for me here.

[athousandcurses]

A soldier... [Understanding (so she thinks) dawns on her.] Oh! I know what you meant now. Defending from the animals and skeletons. I think you could be anything though.

[vengeance_driven]

I have this, at least. This isn't so bad.

It seems like it's this, or food service. And I know I would not be a very good stockboy. [He'd hit someone on the head with a box at some point.]

[athousandcurses]

If you like it, that is all that is important.