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[bosomist]

I feel rather as though I have settled into a slump.

[A beat. Her voice is neutral in tone. Hannah is -- well, she is not on a downer, but she is not happy. ]

Would it be over-zealous of me to inquire if there is someone with recommendations for filling a void left by someone important? I have taken up knitting, but it only distracts me for a short amount of time. The process is soothing enough, but it does make one rather despondent when one realizes that there is no-one to wear the product.

[Another beat. ]

I should be most grateful for suggestions for a new pass-time, in short.

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[bosomist]

A pet does sound vaguely tempting.

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[todomarishi]

I'd recommend a dog or a cat, if you do decide to get one. My friend has a rabbit and a fish and there's just not a lot to do with them besides clean up after them.

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[bosomist]

Cats-- a dog, perhaps, would be best. Thank you for the suggestion; is there a petshop in the port?

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[todomarishi]

The only pet store I know of is the Woofy Pet Emporium in Sector Four, but there's probably another shop or two in the city. Caregood Pound might have dogs up for adoption, too.

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[bosomist]

Thank you very much. I will try them both. Worst case scenario is that I come away empty handed.

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[todomarishi]

You're welcome. I hope you can find what you're looking for. I know it's not easy, losing someone who's important to your heart.

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[bosomist]

If it is meant to be, it will be. I shouldn't get my hopes up, really.

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[todomarishi]

If it's a part of your fate, you mean... Why do you feel like you shouldn't let yourself hope?

[bosomist]

I think he is much happier where he is. Even if I miss him terribly.

[todomarishi]

Is he from your world? From your home?

[bosomist]

He was. He was -- my contractor.

[todomarishi]

Contractor? Is that like a Master or a boss?

[bosomist]

Yes, precisely so.

[todomarishi]

I see. Well, since you and your contractor are from the same place, there's always the hope of the Core sending you back, right?

[bosomist]

Ah, if only we were all so lucky.

[todomarishi]

... You can't go back.

[One part question, one part guess.]

[bosomist]

Not by my own will. It is ... humbling. Humiliating, perhaps, being placed here without my say so. But that is the way of it and why should it change for me?

[a pause. ]

This place is not so bad, really. I have saw plenty of people who have made their own happiness here.

[todomarishi]

Oh, only because of the pull? No one can really leave on their own, but you never know what the Core might do. It's completely unpredictable, I think. As long as there's a place for you to go back to, you can hope someday you'll be freed. If you want to be. I know some people would prefer to stay, either because they like the city better than wherever they came from or because there's nothing for them to go back to. Like if their lives had already come to an end in their world.

Those people seem to have an easier time making their own happiness here. Maybe because they don't have to think about what they're missing outside the port.

[bosomist]

You sound very optimistic.