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18th moon [voice]

Rosa Farrell has left Luceti.

[It comes abruptly, harshly, flatly. Cecil does not sound in terrible pain as he did the last time he had to make such an announcement. In fact, he sounds very much as though he's forgotten how to inflect.]

...She's left roses and notes for everyone she's met here. Please come pick them up when you have the time.

[That's all he has the energy to say.]

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Seventeen years of peace. I cannot ask for more.

[Except having her by his side.]

A long time indeed... and if there were any way to bring her back here, to trade places perhaps, to somehow change this...

Don't. We cannot change what has already happened.

Still, I regret that this happened, for both your sakes... if anyone deserves to be happy, after what you've been through, it's both of you.

We will be happy. Not even this world can stop that.

Your determination is admirable.

...If there's anything I can do...

...You can be there.

Where?

[A pang of guilt, since he knows that he made some huge mistakes about "being there.]

I'm at the house.

[It's both exactly what he means and something completely different.]

Very well, then... I could return...

It would be appreciated.

I'll be there soon.

[He closes the journal and then heads off to the house.]

Thank you.

[And Cecil goes back to waiting by the window, lost in thought the whole time.]

[Kain returns soon enough, going to find Cecil once he's there.]

[For a man whose wife has just disappeared, Cecil looks surprisingly calm. But the way the windowsill cracks beneath his fingers shows that it's a deliberate front.]

[Kain approaches slowly and cautiously, not wanting to get in the man's personal space... even if Cecil had just said he wanted him there. He takes a moment to shuffle through the cards he has, getting the one with the phrase "I'm sorry" ready... but then he almost wonders if it'll even be enough...]

[For a long time, it's as if Cecil is not aware of Kain's presence. Almost.]

...Their timing is cruel. Why take Rosa away when they've finally returned Ceodore to us?

[Kain is patient at last, waiting until Cecil speaks to do anything else.]

They undoubtedly wish to monitor how you'll react... I'm sorry. They are terrible, at times like this...

I hate them for it.

[He clenches a fist.]

Many would say that I should not, but I cannot help it.

You have every right to hate them. I still hate them, and forever will.

No one would dare to try and take that right away from you. How lucky.

I don't know that I would call it lucky, but... it IS all we seem to have.

Even that could change, with the right Shift.

Let's hope that doesn't happen.

Did it not? Not long after I arrived...

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