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[ryuuzaki]

[L sounds weary and unhappy, but isn't everyone strained right now?]

If we get through this, I'm interested in compiling explicit details of where this ship has visited since the current round of crew has been on it, and what happened there. Some of this is common knowledge, the rest less so, and I've only heard halves of stories -- individual perspectives -- and what other people, like Miss Robin, have been inclined to discuss of what they've been told. Those efforts are appreciated, but I'd like to hear more.

If you're willing to talk frankly about it, to start at the beginning without assuming any prior knowledge, please let me know.

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[bosswald]

Because it felt like the most impossible age I could think of.

[Laughing, she shifts so she can rest her head on his shoulder. He's bony, but a decent human pillow. ]

Besides, it'd get dull after a thousand years. Don't you think?

[ryuuzaki]

I think... [he stifles a yawn]... I think it depends on what happens in the course of the thousand years. A thousand years of absolute peace... that sounds like the most boring thing I can think of. A thousand years of complete chaos would just be exhausting. A thousand interesting years might not be so bad, however... maybe it also depends on what you accomplish with it.

[Her head is heavy -- he's not used to someone resting their head on him -- but not to the point where he shifts or complains.]

[bosswald]

I want to have a thousand interesting years, full of adventure.

[She isn't the sort to just settle for a thousand boring years, and would find a way to make such a long time interesting. Of course, she knows it's impossible for either of them to actually live a thousand years, but it's a nice thought. One that has her smiling as she allows her eyes to drift closed.

She switches gears then, after only being quiet for a few seconds.]

Do you think we'll make it through meeting with the Caducans alive? It might put a kink in living to a thousand, to die here.

[ryuuzaki]

[That prompts a sigh, then a brief silence, then, when he speaks again, it's sober to the point of bleakness.]

I don't know. It depends on a lot of factors. If this ship survives, and the captains survive, I wouldn't be surprised if they attempt to bring back anyone who's killed. But whether that will happen... I hope it won't be necessary.

I have to agree that dying out here would be seriously inconvenient.

[That last part might be a joke, albeit a bleak one.]