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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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[ouzel]

[ Cassian squints at the entire message, much in the same way he's squinted at everything this person has posted thus far, and he's finally figured out a safe-ish question: ]

How old are you?

[glitterpants]

_{[ an innocent question... yes.. ]}
Twenty-three. This next birthday will be twenty-four.
I am legal... for all things.
_{[ he's proud about that... ]}

[ouzel]

Don't get too excited.

[ Please, he can only take so much. ]

I'm going to give you some advice you are welcome to ignore: you'll make more friends if you don't call them eager and adoring fans.

Also some woman you talk to is going to hit you in the face if you keep up the way you are.

[glitterpants]

<sub>[ This message, well. It hurts, slightly. It's something that he needs to hear, but at the same time, it's something he's always been told. And maybe, once, he would have nodded— agreed with Cassian— maybe searched for a way to be less.. Karamatsu-like.

However, not today: ]</sub>

Oh? Do you strive to change yourself when you find out people don't like who you are?

[ouzel]

That's complicated, because most people I interacted with never knew who I really was.

[ Being a spy and all. ]

I strive to be worthy of the few friendships I possess.

[glitterpants]

_{[ ok well he doesn't know you're a spy... let the obliviousness begin... ]}
Do you allow them to contort and twist you into something else, or do you allow yourself to be who you are?

[ouzel]

Often, but our situations are very different, I'd imagine.

You're a civilian, for one thing.

[glitterpants]

_{[ oh...
there's a pause for a moment before he replies. ]}

I suppose certain circumstances and lifestyles could affect something like that.
Though, you mentioned a "few friendships" ... isn't that lonely for you?

[ouzel]

Unlike you I did not grow up with the built-in comradery of a large family.

[ Cuz they died. ]

Besides, some of my friends are here.

[glitterpants]

_{[ in a way, there was comradery, and it usually excluded him we they grew older (when they were kids, it was different, they would scam adults of their money and use their same face as a tool.) Karamatsu makes it sound like peaches and cream, but his family is kind of dysfunctional. ]}

I see.
Being placed here has opened up an opportunity for more friendships to blossom, though.
I believe we all should take advantage of that.
_{[ he just met you, ok, but he feels like you shouldn't be alone. ]}

[ouzel]

It's something I've considered from time to time.

[ Granted, Cassian's idea of making friends looks suspiciously like a spy network, so maybe he's not the best at it. ]

Don't worry, my closest friends are here.