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Brickston Bartholomew Penderyn ([personal profile] historicallyloaded) wrote in [community profile] hotelcaelum 2024-01-29 11:22 pm (UTC)

Here...? [ He reflects on her beat not needing that question answered. He hadn't considered using this strange hotel as a sort of bridging point to explore new places and locations. It made sense really, especially knowing (despite Mr. Bennet's joking around) the ability to come and go back to their native worlds. Bricks has not been here long but he could already see the potential even here in this relative safe self-contained nexus space.

He thinks on it for a moment. He'd been avoiding her gaze as he worked with the lacquer bottle, almost afraid he'd get entranced in it again but he steels himself. In the short time they've met and talked, she has done nothing to ever make him feel unsafe, so he speaks with honesty.
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For a spell, yes, I'd like that. I've come to love my home very much, and our domestic problems are ones I hope to remedy, least of all our looming energy crisis. It necessitates staying local.

[ He starts putting on the top coat, smile going from bittersweet to more wistful and earnest. ] I do see the value in broadening my perspectives, of gaining outside experiences, taking in new and novel knowledge... but I should also think that it would be much more enjoyable, and, dare I say more meaningful, to share these things with someone else.

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