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 know... I wasn't really planning on throwing a party, just giving him something.

And maybe cake? Not sure if that'd classify as a party.

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[astraia]

I don't think most people would complain about that.

Any idea what you're getting?

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[limitstorm]

No idea yet.
I was planning on asking that, too. But he's probably too smart to not pick up on that.

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[astraia]

I think one of the best things to do here is keep yourself busy. [Keep yourself distracted.] Does he have any hobbies?

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[limitstorm]

As far as I know, he doesn't. Except one-uping me.

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[astraia]

Well, you could always lose at something.

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[limitstorm]

And hope he's too unobservant to notice?

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[astraia]

Is he the type to forget when his birthday is? [She knows far too many of those.]

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[limitstorm]

I don't think he ever knew in the first place.

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[astraia]

Are you just picking a day? [That's what they did for Logan.]

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[limitstorm]

It's complicated.
We're like... twins.

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[astraia]

...Is this a clone thing?

[limitstorm]

[ uh

well virgil isn't looking so ]

Sort of.

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[astraia]

Gotcha.

I have - well, I've never met her. [If she could go home - ] But I think we'd be something like sisters. [That's what she'd want, anyway. What she'd try, even if it didn't work that way for Nathan's mother.]

Can I ask how long you've known each other? ...Is that an odd question?

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[limitstorm]

It's not weird.
A few months back home. It'd be half a year if we're counting the time we're spending here, too.

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[astraia]

I would. [Even if it's lost, in the end, it still matters.] You've gotten close? [She sounds a bit hopeful, and she's not sure why. She'll never meet Madeline.]

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[limitstorm]

Yeah.
Kind of. Even if he's not that happy, still.

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[astraia]

That can take time. It'll be easier, with family.