eleven (anon text) ♞ ❝you'll be smarter--more grown up and a better daughter or son.❞

[limitstorm]

Maybe this isn't the kind of thing anyone should be thinking about...

Does it make sense to celebrate a birthday after everything that's happened?

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[limitstorm]

You don't actually celebrate death dates, do you?

[anklets]

Not hardly, if it's something I can avoid, [ and she does, with a vengeance ] but I've discovered that strife knows exactly how to fill people's memories up with more end dates than starting ones.

[limitstorm]

That's true. I guess, if someone sacrifices something for you... you'd do something in their honor.

[anklets]

You can't push your love into a marker, [ not that she's tried; the Order isn't about to let something so clumsy as a grave slip through ] so remembering them as they were is all we can do. But you were speaking of birthdays.

[ so let's talk birthdays ]

[limitstorm]

[ er right birthdays ]

I don't celebrate mine, but I thought it'd be nice to celebrate his, even if he might not know it's his birthday.

But maybe it's stupid to celebrate one, after all the losses we've had.

[anklets]

Why?

[limitstorm]

I don't know. Maybe it's demeaning to their sacrifice?

[anklets]

I don't think it's demeaning to take comfort in the celebration of those still with us.

[limitstorm]

I guess that's just how I thought about it and my birthday all the time.

[anklets]

Is it your birthday you're wanting to celebrate?

[limitstorm]

No, it's a friend of mine's. I don't celebrate my birthday.

[anklets]

[ no stranger to the act of making exceptions for friends where she would not make them for herself ]

For that reason, I think you have no cause to worry about disrespect.

[limitstorm]

Because it's a friend of mine's birthday?

[anklets]

Because it isn't yourself that you're celebrating.

[limitstorm]

Makes sense.

Thanks.

[anklets]

I hope your friend enjoys the celebration.

[limitstorm]

You know, so do I.

[anklets]

[ a hushed laugh ] Good.