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[maipokerface]

[Console, whatever. Sure she got the run down on the thing but Mai's pretty much been ignoring it for the past day. She hasn't even bothered to really look on the network itself even if she has no intention of making an entry to it.

Now she's bothering though, mainly because she just wants to ask:]

So explain this war business to me again. Or at least try to convince me why I should care. Because right now? I really can't find much inside to say I should.

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[sizzle]

[ A loud sigh. Yeah, he didn't exactly expect her to be happy with him right now. ]

I know how to listen when I need to.

[ ... Sometimes. ]

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[soulstoker]

Same here. That's just way too long for things to go on.

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[maipokerface]

At least without either side definitively winning.

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[maipokerface]

Every now and then anyhow. Maybe you can work on the actually telling people things next.

[maipokerface]

I'm not anymore advanced than you, I'd imagine.

[solo_patria]

It can be odd in some ways, what one knows and does not, here. But I suppose we adjust quickly enough too.

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[soulstoker]

Is there a reason it took so long for someone to have an actual victory?

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[maipokerface]

You mean at home? ... Honestly I'm not that sure. When I was in school it wasn't a war so much as it was trying to spread culture. That's what they said anyhow.

Of course that was never the truth.

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[sizzle]

[ Yeah, he's definitely thinking this is about the breakup note that he left for Mai while he left to join the Avatar's group. ]

Is this really something you want to talk about over these...

[ His hand waves across the screen for a minute, blocking the view of his face for a few seconds. ]

--things?

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[soulstoker]

I guess it wouldn't be. [The war in her own home didn't even last that long, but she remembers the sort of stories people told about Auj Oule, and how when she went there herself, it was nothing like the stories.] It's kinda weird though. You'd think after a hundred years, someone would want an actual end to it.

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[maipokerface]

War isn't that different from anything else in life. You just ... get used to it. Then you don't really think about ending it because it's normal.

[Though frankly Mai's never thought that deeply about the war. She's never cared enough to.]

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[maipokerface]

I'm not talking about anything. We're making conversation. Not everything has to be veils and secrets.

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[soulstoker]

Isn't that kinda bad though? To get used to war... I guess I'm lucky since the one in my world didn't last all that long, but it sounds sad.

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[maipokerface]

... I've never actually considered it, to be honest. It wasn't something that really effected me.

[A beat, then:]

I guess if you think about it though, it's a little sad. Maybe.