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[viking_seer]

She's just going to pull him close and give him a squeeze.

"Tell me about what makes you happy?"

[howtheyshine]

It occurs to Edwin that he hasn't put anything new into his personal garden since before the flood. He's been too... busy.

Busy is the wrong word. He's been too focused on how bad everything feels, too wrapped up in anxiety and anger and animosity and the spring-tight feeling of being ready to defend himself. Ready to argue, ready to fight, ready to make people see that what Charlie did wasn't fair.

I...

I like going to the enclosure in the morning and asking for sunrise from a place I haven't seen before.

I like working in the kitchen because it helps me learn something my brother loves.

I like napping on the bookshelves in the library because I think the books talk to me while I'm asleep.

I...

I don't know.

[viking_seer]

Ah. We're here, are we.

"So... do you like books better? Or movies better?" A pause. "You've seen movies, right?"

[howtheyshine]

A little bit of armadillo unfolds, enough for him to peek out with a decidedly perplexed look for an armadillo.

Depends on what I want--they're completely different.

He closes up again at the movies question.

....Yes. I missed the last big movie night party.

[viking_seer]

She'll keep petting the armadillo.

When do you want books? And when do you prefer movies?

[howtheyshine]

That in itself feels like a hard question to answer, because that also depends on different things. But...

I prefer movies... when I want to see the world how normal people see it.

Books...

Books when I want to talk with something but I don't actually want to talk to someone.

[viking_seer]

And if you had to pick one right now, which one do you think you'd pick? Book or movie?