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[ouzel]

Others have been mentioning dates of birth and so I was wondering: what do your people do in order to celebrate the day someone is born, or named, or comes into their own?

Also, how do your people celebrate the lives that have ended?

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[straycloud]

Looking for something?

The newly born and the dead seem to handle their parts without anything special, but the rest need rituals and ceremonies during those times. I think I'd rather have a drink and stargaze instead.

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[ouzel]

Information as per usual.

Not a terrible idea. The drinking, anyway. Difficult to stargaze from here.

[straycloud]

You're such an avid student. It's impressive!

That kind of drink is best on a warm night with the cicada singing and the full moon illuminating Shangri-la. If we ever cross paths with my home world, I'll have to show you.

[ouzel]

I guess you could say that. Where I'm from it's considered a work hazard.

That would be interesting. I would extend the same offer by my homeworld is currently in the middle of a civil war I wouldn't want anyone to have to become a part of.

[straycloud]

So much conflict in your life, Captain, and you can't be that much older than me. But I'm quite good at not being part of all kinds of things.

[ouzel]

I can only imagine.

Did you go down to Oros?

[straycloud]

Yes, it was a fascinating world. I would have liked to know it longer.

[ouzel]

I'm sure most of us would have. Including those that were forced to come here instead.

[straycloud]

It's not always easy to hold nothing, especially when you aren't given a choice.

This feels unbalanced. I keep expecting some kind of counterweight to drop.

[ouzel]

It's very imbalanced, and you aren't the only one.

[straycloud]

I'll be watching. I picked something up that threw me off, so I need to find my own balance before I can do much else.

Maybe a Captain can do better than a Sanzo. You don't weigh quite as much.

[ouzel]

You picked something up?

I'll take your word for that one. You did have an easier time in the tree than I did.

Is your friend still here?

[straycloud]

Many things. Some plants, a few hobbies, a strange Orosian animal that lives in my room, a heavier burden of karma.

He's dead. More dead that most, maybe.

[ouzel]

What is karma, and how is your friend "more dead than most"?

[straycloud]

Karma is the accumulation of your choices, more or less. It's a very simple complicated concept.

I'm old and long dead if you were to ask a boy I met. That's less dead than someone that dies here, isn't it? Well, maybe not, but it seems that way.