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( it's felt so long — but then, ten years felt almost as short as the blink of an eye to him (almost), so he's the last who can speak to the passage of time. he knows better than to visibly react to her falter, than to show concern; he's instead insouciant. )

It's been time enough for a lot of things, don't you think?

( he's still, in all truth, not sure how he feels about the prospect of inevitably leaving and forgetting this place. it was something he'd used to dread, and then after september longed for deeply. the scales have righted themselves somewhat by now, but it's easy to wish for the barrier of lost memories with all the misery. )