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Who: Everyone
Where: Anywhere
When: Day 62

[Another day in paradise, huh? If you happen to be outside (or actually have windows in your dorms), you can enjoy the sight of snow gently falling down. It's not sticking, but it does look idyllic.]

[This is a mingle, friends. Notifs are off, go wild.]

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[Going to sit next to]

[glancing over, tiniest nod, and back to enjoying the scenery]

[Resting his chin on his knees. The snow is freezing but it is really pretty]

[it certainly is... but eventually...]

Don't think you should be out here.

[Digging out his phone and setting it for talk to text before handing it to Will]

Probably not. I keep switching between burning up and freezing cold. I came outside because I was too hot though. So, I'll go back in before I get too cold...

[not taking it but does glance at it before looking back at the landscape]

It's not an infection. Your immune system may not be compromised, but it would be awful to get sick after this, don't you think?

Yeah...patience isn't my specialty and outside sounded nice.

It is nice. First good night of sleep I got was out here. Enough space to breathe and settle.

...I haven't been able to run, so it's been hard to get my outside time...

Do you need time to breathe? To settle?

'Course. Even I get....tired? Overcrowded?

[slow inhale]

So, you're aware we're talking on two different levels.

[Nods, reaching down to brush some dirt off his sneakers]

[glancing at Silver then off again]

It doesn't make sense, does it? I don't make sense.

[Tilts his head to look at John, cheek resting on his knees]

What makes you say you don't make sense?

You know why I moved out. But it rings hollow. It doesn't fit, just something 'John' would do.

What were you really hoping to accomplish?

[voice tight]

Why can't I be morally indignant? I knew he had crossed the line before, but I can't see it for myself and stay ignorant.

Do you think it was just written off as you being difficult instead of you trying to make a point? I get why you don't approve of what he did and I get why he thought he had to do what he did.

I think it was taken both ways. —I don't have an aim, Silver. That's why I can't come back, either. If I can't see coexistence, then I can't see a place for myself.

Do you wish more of us have been more....indignant? It's not like I wasn't upset by it.

Yes, upset. Horrified. Not angry. What I am largely wishing for is for Aries not to view human life as inconsequential when it comes in between him and what he thinks he has to do.

I'm not...going to sit here and try to justify what he did...

[just scrubbing his face, aggressively, then a long, slow drop of his hands]

You don't have to. It's just an impasse. Neither of us is ready to move.

...do you think I should have left? Are you mad I stayed?