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[slightlytaller]

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[slightlytaller]

No, you're fine. I did offer.

No one expects the people we love to go away. In truth, any time we get together here is ultimately temporary. The sea will call everyone back.

Iskandar has chased Okeanos all of his life. Of course he would succumb after not even six months on shore.

[strongroots]

you think he went back in to find okeanos?

[ Or is that the hope. ]

[slightlytaller]

[... You said you didn't care about humanities, Robby-- and it is with that knowledge that Waver will apologize.

Eventually. ]

He's Macedonian, and 'Okeanos' is the name of the ancient sea at the edge of the known world. In modern understanding, we know that the Earth is round-- so 'Okeanos' becomes a metaphor for a different idea:

The unknown.

He chases the adventure of the unknown, and in his mind he sees that as a boundless ocean that extends beyond the horizon.

[strongroots]

[ It's a lot of words for the same wonder, Robby recognises. Does it make you feel better to think that? He wants to ask if going back is a real choice - the guy even said that the ocean calls everyone back - but not here and now. That's not for someone grieving. ]

no one comes back?
if he's out there the least he can do is get you stories
or i guess. you'll get to see him out there one day

[slightlytaller]

Oh no. It's always possible that he'll come back.

But, he might not be the same.

With the possibility of multiple worlds and multiple time lines, he might be Different. Not an Iskandar I met out I ever would meet. Or, he would forget everything about me... And Us.

Do you understand how troubling this is?

[strongroots]

yeah. i can imagine. doesnt stop him not being here now
it doesnt seem a lot about this place makes sense. you just have to deal with being here
and then not

but i hope you both find each other again, whatever it's worth

[slightlytaller]

Thanks.

I've been looking for a method back in my London, because the same conditions are in effect. There must be a way around them; I thought Trench was the answer.

If you're willing to be patient, I'm still willing to try teaching. I just can't guarantee I'm in the best position to be helping people I've never met before right now.

[strongroots]

dont worry about it and spend the month feeling miserable. you dont have to do anything for anyone

except i think your friends would probably want to know if you need anything

watch out for snow monsters

[slightlytaller]

No worries. I am letting people know, but thank you.

You watch out for snow monsters, too.