[not again] catchall for belph

[fishingforcompliments]

Comments

[axilium]

... Well, you can send him messages, at least. He might appreciate it.

[fishingforcompliments]

I shall certainly try to - though if they are limited in the number they can send back, I will not be expecting anything in return.

[that'll be going to him and steph, she's pretty sure]

[axilium]

Don't worry, I'm pretty sure the only thing he'll be writing about is how much we all freakin' suck for not catching his killer. You won't be missing out.

[fishingforcompliments]

...well, even if he only writes to scold us for not finding the truth⁠—

[time to check on the rice... ah, it needs a few more minutes]

⁠—at least it will mean he is well enough to write at all.

[axilium]

Well, for better or for worse, he's had more unpleasant purgatory experiences, so he's probably kind of used to it by this point.

[which. does not mean he might not have a breakdown because it's hikage, but.]

[fishingforcompliments]

...

[yeah, that sounds like a "for worse" thing, belph. flayn fidgets, trying to come up with something to avoid saying that, and checks on the rice again. there is no difference between it three seconds ago and now.]

...that is an unfortunate thing to be used to.

[axilium]

Hikage's life was pretty unfortunate in general.

[and now he's dead again.]

C'est la vie, I guess.

[fishingforcompliments]

[belph she doesn't speak french.]

...what?

[axilium]

It's a saying. "Such is life."

[fishingforcompliments]

I see... "c'est la vie," then. [...that's. honestly kind of sad.] Is there a saying for when life gets better?

[axilium]

[uhhhhhhhhh]

...

"It gets worse before it gets better"?

[fishingforcompliments]

...then that means things will get better from here, yes? Because it has gotten much worse than when we first arrived.

[axilium]

Do you want me to say what I actually think or what sounds nicest?

[fishingforcompliments]

...

[god, she wishes what sounds nicest is what he actually thinks, but she knows it probably isn't.]

What you actually think.

[axilium]

Things can always get worse.

[fishingforcompliments]

...but there is always a point where things cannot possibly get any worse, is there not?

["it's all uphill from here," etc]

[axilium]

Debatable.

[fishingforcompliments]

...

[why is that debatable...]

[axilium]

That point might exist, but I think it's a lot lower than what people feel like it is.

[fishingforcompliments]

...but still, it does exist. And once you reach that point, the only thing that can happen is for your situation to improve, somehow.

[this conversation isn't going to age well]

[axilium]

I think that point is where you stop wanting to live altogether, so actually, you probably just die.

[fishingforcompliments]

...ah. Well... I suppose you may be right.

[flayn's gonna get there w4 sunday! only hail will save her.]