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[enchangement]

the music is gone and with it
the small favors and familiars they brought
do you miss it?
do you miss them?
the colors were brighter
the sounds were louder
and some trick of the mind forgot
we were in a cage
or didn't and just
observed the decorations on the bars

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[circumitus]

thats some interesting poetry.

[enchangement]

"interesting"
the worst compliment
the best curse

[wipedclean]

i didn't like it

[enchangement]

too loud?
what became the embodiment of the familiar?

[wipedclean]

too bright. too loud. too happy without any reason for it.

it was a falcon.

[enchangement]

the gods wanted us to be happy
or at least one of them

a hunting bird

a collection of colors and pencils gathered but they all went away with the music

[wipedclean]

it was a distraction. like you said. decorations on a cage.

[enchangement]

yes
affecting permanent change would be better
did you vote for a god?

[wipedclean]

i did. confusion. i don't like bringing confusion here but being able to locate people sounds useful.

[enchangement]

she chose love
a silly suggestion on the surface
but deeper can be important

confusion makes more sense
from standing at the cliff's edge

[wipedclean]

maybe. i don't like the whole premise of it. they say if we help bring them back one of them will know how to get us home. but it's an empty promise.

[enchangement]

something hunted them
something that still exists
it is not as simple as they say

[wipedclean]

and they won't tell us. like keeping us in the dark is good for us. like we're children.

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[unitas]

It was just another manipulation. Why would anyone miss that?

[enchangement]

we are children to them
strangers' children
loud needy and ignorant
like many parents
too consumed with their own lives
they don't think the children deserve to know the complexity
of the truth

[enchangement]

some might have appreciated the gifts
some might have appreciated the gesture

[wipedclean]

but they expect us to help anyway.

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[quaerit]

I miss it. For a while, everything was brighter here
That's better than what usually happens. I suspect Hope, or Delight was behind it
Perhaps both.

Do you miss it?

[unitas]

I guess some are fools, then. [ the gods do not give gifts because they always expect something in return. ]

[enchangement]

it is essential to their survival now

[enchangement]

it is fleeting
are all fleeting things foolish
perhaps as a matter of course

[enchangement]

the music was
too much at times
amplified by ten and nearly ten again
but Simon had a pig
and it was perfect

[quaerit]

Simon
Oh, the doctor? Simon Tam?

[ Gansey hadn't seen the pig, but he did meet Simon once before. He was nice. ]

I think it was different for everyone
What about you what did you have?

[enchangement]

yes

the name is unknown. something from earth that was?

[ there's a photo of a painting. ]

[quaerit]

[ Earth that was? ]

A cat? It looks like a cat

What happened to your Earth?