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[dangerouswind]

[There's nothing much on the page. Temari only taps her pen against the paper -- dot, dot, dot -- for several long moments before she finally writes something.] Tell me: Is family still family when they are worlds apart?

[Perhaps a little introspective for her normal tastes and somewhat revealing to her mental state, but... Well. She'll take a few outside opinions this time. Some days she just misses her brothers. This evening, it's particularly sharp. That, and she's tired. A bit sore. Unwilling to walk back to the apartment just yet. All in all, it doesn't make for a good mood, after being gone for so long. She's not even sure how long it has been.]

[She doesn't go home after returning to the village: she finds some clean clothes in the shop, forgoes food entirely, and instead wraps herself in a good coat she found and takes a slow walk as night falls. She'll be all over town, eventually easing toward the edges of the forest. (Yes, at night. In the cold. It's probably not the smartest plan.)]

Comments

[entreats]

I think family bonds are stronger than something like that. Or they're supposed to be stronger, either way. Even if I'm completely different than what my family knows me to be like by now, I still think they're my family.

[dangerouswind]

But the relationship has been irrevocably changed, hasn't it? If only on your end, I suppose.

[entreats]

[ That's actually the problem with Ange - she's never let go.. which makes her somewhat stunted in her development, but still. ]

I don't think so. Has it for you?

[dangerouswind]

Of course. I am here. They are not and they do not even know that I am gone. For them, nothing has changed. For me, all things have changed.

[entreats]

Even if things change, that doesn't necessarily change your relationship with them. At least, that's what I believe.

[dangerouswind]

That's an idealistic view.

[entreats]

Believe me, I'm usually not known as an idealist in any way.

[dangerouswind]

Oh? Is that so?

[entreats]

People tend to say I'm a pessimist. I prefer the term realist.

[dangerouswind]

I think I've heard the same said of me.

[entreats]

Then you must know what it feels like.

[dangerouswind]

I do indeed.