Unsurprising, given the nature of alcohol on the average person (average half-elf??), but he still sits at a loss, eyes open and mouth closed in a frown as he takes in Marcille's tear-stained face. Longevity, the meaning of life....none of this is really his forte. He hadn't expected to live as long as he had, and he certainly hadn't found a calling that satisfied him until recently.
What would Neuvillette say, in a situation like this? More than that, what would Sigewinne say, her small face still graced by a cheerful smile despite all her decades spent in the Fortress. Seconds tick by, his hand continuing to rest atop hers while he mulls over an answer. ]
So you can carry the memories of all the people you met with you. So you can keep experiencing new places and foods and sights where they can't. So you can take what you've learned and use it to shape the world for the better. [ It's an answer that sounds fanciful and overly optimistic so: ] I'm not saying it'll be easy. Even living to sixty, seventy years is too much for some, let alone centuries. But thinking about it as some sort of curse and framed only by what you'll lose rather than what you might gain won't help. You'll only sink to the bottom of the sea if you keep thinking about it that way.
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Unsurprising, given the nature of alcohol on the average person (average half-elf??), but he still sits at a loss, eyes open and mouth closed in a frown as he takes in Marcille's tear-stained face. Longevity, the meaning of life....none of this is really his forte. He hadn't expected to live as long as he had, and he certainly hadn't found a calling that satisfied him until recently.
What would Neuvillette say, in a situation like this? More than that, what would Sigewinne say, her small face still graced by a cheerful smile despite all her decades spent in the Fortress. Seconds tick by, his hand continuing to rest atop hers while he mulls over an answer. ]
So you can carry the memories of all the people you met with you. So you can keep experiencing new places and foods and sights where they can't. So you can take what you've learned and use it to shape the world for the better. [ It's an answer that sounds fanciful and overly optimistic so: ] I'm not saying it'll be easy. Even living to sixty, seventy years is too much for some, let alone centuries. But thinking about it as some sort of curse and framed only by what you'll lose rather than what you might gain won't help. You'll only sink to the bottom of the sea if you keep thinking about it that way.