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[where_the_hearth_is]

I am over one hundred years old, imperial absolute. I have missed people before, been made briefly sad by my Mistresses's absences. But I have never mourned before.

I am stuck in feedback loops. Statistically, she will probably return in a tiny fraction of the time that typically passed between my Mistress's visits. But she may not. I cannot seem to resolve any of my routines considering the matter, and given how many of them are occupied with precisely that - I find my functions somewhat strained.

Is this how grief feels for everyone? How do you handle it?

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[thefourteenth]

Find tasks to occupy your time and energy. For you, it may take a great deal more than a living thing.

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[magnetic_magpie]

Oh House. Yes, that is how grief feels. Would you like company?

[littlepinksuitcase]

[Meryl sits and looks at the message a long time before replying. She hadn't really expected to feel how she feels now when she began perusing the network.]

When I think I've someone I've lost, I think of all the things I wish I could say to them—all the things I already said that I wish I could say again, only better. And it hurts that I can't. That's how grief feels for me.

I don't know how we handle it. We just do.

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[shifting]

It different for everyone. So's how you handle it.

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[gavesugar]

I force myself to live. Those I mourn for would not wish me to worry about them.

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[tea_lover64]

Yes, grief often feels that way. Thinking back at the time spent together, and that which is lost. People all have different reactions to it. The best way I have found is to remember them, and seek happiness.

[That is what he has been doing]

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[meddler]

You go on, even when you're not sure if you can.

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[madeinoblivion]

I guess even Houses have got darkness and hearts.

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[thelightbringer]

I handle it how you'd expect. You shouldn't follow my example, the villagers would revolt.