audience: lucas

[mygod]

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[faithkept]

Is that so... [TEACHER ERA OVER SO SOON.] Well... I'm glad that it's alright, at least. Please return to working with children after you're done here.

[IT'S BETTER THAN WORKING WITH CULTS, DAMN. But yeah! He nods.]

Is it so surprising?

[mygod]

Is that a request? I didn't even fully intend to return my original world after leaving it in the first place.

[ nods also ]

Yes. You clearly have a predisposition to mischief.

[faithkept]

[A PREDISPOSITION TO MISCHIEF. He'll loop back to the other part in a second HE'S JUST BUSY BLINKING AT THEM LIKE ?????? ME?????? MOI????? LUCAS PROUST?????? A TEACHER WHO HAS BEEN LOCALLY ASSIGNED PRIEST BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE??????]

Why do you say that...

[mygod]

[ laughs ]

It is not a criticism.

[faithkept]

Being mischievous is hardly a crime, but it's an unbecoming trait for a teacher, you know.

[Said in the exaggeratedly disapproving way of someone who does not believe in what they are saying.]

—In any case, you don't plan on returning?

[mygod]

I'm sure the children have great fun with you.

[ and that's what matters... ]

I would not have left it if I felt that it could've benefitted from me remaining there. [ a beat ] Well, I'm revisiting the idea. I still remain undecided.

[faithkept]

[There's just a little laugh... HE LOVES HIS KIDS!!!!

The rest of this is wild though, imagine wanting to just leave your world behind.]

So you think that- [A little bit of a puzzled expression.] -there may be some benefit after all?

[mygod]

Perhaps.

[ starts poking and petting at the sneepy kitten in lucas' lap instead ]

It is not that straightforward. There are pros and cons with any decision. When I left, there were simply more benefits from my departure than cons.

[faithkept]

[The sneepy kitten rolls over a little to expose its soft round tum perfect for gentle pets. Oh to be a spoiled barn cat.

Lucas in the meanwhile is thinking about the ink he'd seen and wondering if they don't have anyone or anywhere to return to, and if that factored into the decision. Bleak...]

And now, things look a little more evenly balanced between the pros and cons of returning...?

[mygod]

[ oh.... pets this tum as well, perhaps another trap but it's fine ]

I wouldn't say that it's even.

[ frowns and pauses, as if weighing their words ]

... simply that the more I think on it, the more that I wonder if I left something unfinished. Hindsight is 20/20, after all.

[faithkept]

[This time it isn't a trap, kitty too sneepy to set a trap...]

Ah. [A little understanding sound, and a nod.] "Unfinished business" does seem to be the primary motivating factor in everyone who's expressed a strong wish to return home so far.

[mygod]

[ oh.... pet pet sneepy kitty tummy ]

So it does.

There's a chance I will still choose to do something else. I have no great love for my home in general.

[faithkept]

[The kitty gets to enjoy being SOOO spoiled what a spoiled lil kitty.]

Do you know where you might want to go instead, if you don't return?

[mygod]

[ shakes head ]

No. Perhaps it'll simply be wherever seems most interesting.

[faithkept]

Try not to follow your interest into another dangerous situation...

[mygod]

[ well

they can't promise that so a contemplative silence follows ]

[faithkept]

[Gazes... As much as he can while they're sitting side by side.]

[mygod]

[ it's fine

famine doesn't shrug, but their shoulders shift as if they would've... if it didn't disturb lucas or the kitties ]

Your words would probably be more meaningful for someone who cares if they died.

[faithkept]

[Yeah give them a frighten and send em all scattering.

He really does turn his head at that, though, a little surprised. EVEN IF IT MAKES SENSE... in that someone who didn't care if they died would be more willing to put their life on the line for a group of bozos, he guesses.]

You don't?

[mygod]

I am not actively suicidal, nor am I in a rush to die. If given the choice, I'd always choose to live.

[ they're not some depressed loser that thinks they don't deserve cheese. famine would demand cheese ]

But the end does not frighten me.

[faithkept]

[THE ANTI CHEESEBURGER SASUKE.......

He is a little placated by this though yes good, no more people who don't think they deserve cheese in his Christian home.]

Ah... That, I can understand. [Same!] Still, even if that's the case, you should treasure the life that you have.

[DON'T JUST SAY YOU DON'T CARE IF YOU DIE HE'LL START SWINGING.]

[mygod]

[ tilts head slightly, perplexed ]

For what reason? Simply because I am alive?

[faithkept]

Life is a precious gift from God, with each second serving as an uncertainty and a blessing. Do you not find life to be something to cherish, even just for the sake of life itself?

[Photos taken seconds before murderous disaster.]

[mygod]

[ this is killing me ]

Life is bestowed unto every creature that makes it in this world, regardless of faith.

I would cherish and guard my life more covetously if there was more that I thought ought be done with it. As is, I believe it fine to reach the end of my journey if necessary.

[faithkept]

[Yeah! God gives souls to rocks and dogs, too. All rocks go to Heaven.]

A life that doesn't have a grand purpose or even anything left to fulfill is still a precious thing. [Gently folding one of the cat's ears...] I think that simply being alive to take in the experiences that life has to offer is a good enough reason to want to keep living.