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[ex_bandai157]

I've noticed the trend towards asking our fellow transports philosophical questions on this network. While I can't say I particularly see the appeal, there is something about which I am curious of others' opinions.

Namely - how would you define a home?

If it's not something you'd wish to talk about, there's no point in answering; similarly, I don't mind answering, myself, for the curious - it's only polite when asking, after all.

( before anyone bothers with either of those points. homes aren't something he's thought about in years, really, fairly certain of the fact that he doesn't have one anymore; but after eight months or more in exsilium...he's starting to, a little bit. )

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[totallytrustworthy]

Wherever your loot goes, mate. [Chloe can't keep a straight face when she says it, either. Joking aside, though:]

Dunno, never really had one. And I don't mean that in the self-pitying sense, just that I've never found one spot I liked more than anywhere else I'd been. [France being the exception...but then living there might take off some of the charm.]

Big world out there, darling. Plenty of places to settle down in and call your own. Question is, what's got you wanting to?

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[ex_bandai157]

( the joke gets an amused sound - really, he wouldn't have expected anything else from her. the rest, though, rings rather close to home; but at her question, he shrugs. )

I never said anything about wanting to. Honestly, I couldn't think of a place I would either.

Filtering it for the sake of comfort!

[totallytrustworthy]

[Oh, she catches that less than cheerful bit at the tail end. Unsurprisingly, she sympathizes, and her expression shows as much.]

Well, [She lowers her voice a bit, softens the edge of it] never felt all that different about it, to tell you the truth. Then again, never was much for sitting in one place for long.

Not that we get a choice here.

So, then, what's got you thinking about it?

Filtering it for the sake of comfort!

[ex_bandai157]

I have to admit, I'd never traveled much ( at all ) before my arrival here, besides going to different areas of the city.

( he considers not answering the question. but, then again, there isn't any harm in it. )

Curiosity was an honest answer, you know. ( and then, after a pause, ) It's been eight months since then.

[totallytrustworthy]

Ah. [Chloe nods, glances off for a moment while she rubs at the underside of her jaw. ] Still holding up all right, love?

[ex_bandai157]

( likely better than he would have in sternbild, and that's the strange part )

It's odd to think about, honestly - almost as much time as I was a Hero, in Sternbild.

[totallytrustworthy]

That your old city? You miss it much?

[ex_bandai157]

Not much, honestly. Strange as it is to say, by now it doesn't even have the benefit of familiarity.

[totallytrustworthy]

[Chloe scoffs] Nah, can't say I don't know the feeling. Been here about seven months or so now, myself. Seems like it's-- god, I'm not even sure how to put it.

Just doesn't seem like such a crazy thought, staying here a while longer.

[ex_bandai157]

I feel the same...impossible as it would've been to imagine myself saying that, months ago.

[totallytrustworthy]

Oh thank god it's not just me. Thought I might be losing my mind there for a bit, to tell you the truth.

[ex_bandai157]

If you are, then we both are.

( which is a joke in terrible taste, partially for reasons she isn't even aware of, but hey. )

That said, I doubt it's only the two of us who feel that way.

[totallytrustworthy]

[All right, as usual, his horrid sense of humor gets the best of her.] Suppose you're right, though I haven't bothered to conduct a survey.

It's the people here, isn't it, that make you want to stay.

[ex_bandai157]

( wryly: )

What made it obvious?

[totallytrustworthy]

Call it a hunch.

[Or that it's why she's wanting to stay, at least.]

[ex_bandai157]

Well, it's certainly not for the view.