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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 20, 2019 18:26:11 GMT -5
"Happy enough?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 20, 2019 18:27:30 GMT -5
"There's a great deal of work to be done," he said with a shrug. "I don't want to relax prematurely."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 20, 2019 18:29:52 GMT -5
"What's one thing that makes you happy," suggested Adrien, "that isn't something you do for the common good?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 20, 2019 18:36:35 GMT -5
“I’m rather fond of my cat,” he said, with another light laugh.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 20, 2019 18:38:06 GMT -5
"Wonderful," said Adrien; "a cat lady is giving me philosophical advice."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 20, 2019 18:41:48 GMT -5
Veidt laughed again- deeply, full bodied, warmly this time.
“Uh, meditation, I suppose,” he said, drumming his fingers on the desk as he considered things. “The sense of disembodiment that comes with it- the temporary death of the ego, and the transcendence which accompanies it, if only for a moment.”
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 20, 2019 18:44:47 GMT -5
"You wouldn't have an ego that dies easy," Adrien remarked, fidgeting with some more Veidt merchandise on his desk. "You know, there are better ways to transcend. They last a little longer than a moment."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 20, 2019 18:46:39 GMT -5
“Yes, well,” he said, “I’ve partaken of a few of them.”
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 20, 2019 18:51:41 GMT -5
"I didn't say I was volunteering, but you, sir, you need to get fucked. Or fuck. I don't know your preference."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 20, 2019 18:54:09 GMT -5
“Good lord, Adrien-“
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 20, 2019 18:54:53 GMT -5
He shrugged daintily and replaced the straightened-out action figure on the desk.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 20, 2019 19:02:56 GMT -5
“I’m sorry,” he said as he stood from the desk, “but that’s not something that matters nearly as much with age.”
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 20, 2019 19:04:41 GMT -5
"Jesus, I'd rather be dead than old."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Dec 20, 2019 19:11:35 GMT -5
“It happens to the very best of us, I'm afraid. For all I know, I’ve grown rusty.”
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Dec 20, 2019 19:14:07 GMT -5
Adrien groaned.
"It's like you want me to hit on you-"
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