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∞ 87: Rooftops [action]

[Around mid-morning, Albert can be seen picking up small things in the plaza -- nails, pens, groceries. He doesn't often do this, but it's been a week since he gave Caesar the task of repairing the stable, so he finds himself inspecting and repairing the amateurish work. That requires a few extra building supplies. Might as well take advantage of how calm everything is with the New Feathers coming in, right?

Albert spends the afternoon pulling out half-bent nails and readjusting crooked wooden slats. He can't say that he's disappointed, since Caesar actually tried to rebuild the stable's roof, but he can have the opinion that did a really shabby job. Silverbergs were apparently not very good roof-builders.

In the evening, after dinner, he'll be found up on house 42's roof, having climbed up through the skylight. It's something he's never really taken advantage of, and yet there's something familiar about it. He remains out there for a good while, almost meditating.]

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I would have thought he would have been up your alley. Being quiet and reclusive, and occasionally difficult.

Frankly, its reclusive nature is one of the reasons I haven't sought it out. If it is reluctant to teach, I do not wish to coax a connection out of it.

I didn't really have that much difficulty with him, personally. He was easier to learn from than some of the others.

But you have an affinity for light, do you not?

Hm. I suppose I do, to some extent.

I have no such affinities, so it was more a matter of convenience, especially when the spirits were so new to us.

If it was only a matter of convenience, why ignore Nala?

Because I was not seeking the need to heal. [Simple as that.]

[She just shakes her head.] With your track record, it just seems a little strange to not do so. I suppose there's no use in questioning such decisions now, in any case.

[He raises a brow at the comment of a "track record," but doesn't say anything. If she wishes to dismiss the topic, that's fine with him.]

In any case, Kipinn was the reason I came up here. You needn't worry.

You've been saying that a lot lately. Usually when I have reason to worry.

...No, I say it because you tend to worry for no reason.

I wouldn't be concerned without a reason.

Do I give you that many reasons to worry?

... No. Not always. But when you do, it's... well. You truly do.

Edited 2010-09-06 08:55 (UTC)

[He will look at Raine for a longer moment.]

As I said earlier, I'm fine. You are acting as if I am the one who was troubled by last week's storm.

Edited 2010-09-06 09:02 (UTC)

You can't expect me to believe there isn't some lingering issue from the past few weeks that you've had to struggle with.

Besides noting that I could be much more of a pessimist in some reality shift? No.

That couldn't have been all there was to it.

No? Then please, tell me what I should have experienced during that week.

You know I can't tell you that.

It was a reality shift. It may have manifested itself in pessimism, but there was a reason for it. A... larger reason.

The larger reason is not important. I can assure you that nothing that happened to me will debilitate me in the same way your change did.

The more you throw my ... change back at me, the more it makes me wonder. What is it that makes it 'unimportant'?

Edited 2010-09-06 09:49 (UTC)

Because not everyone was as affected as traumatically as you. I know my shift was nowhere as extensive as yours, if you adopted Sheena's role.

Only her role as... a summoner. [... Derailment detected.]

-- But that isn't the point. You're deliberately avoiding acknowledging what the situation was, as opposed to letting it speak for itself. Letting me decide that for myself.