060: Musings

[livingmyths]

I did everything the deities wanted. I hope they'll let us be for a little while.

Tony... doesn't remember me and that's really really hard and makes me very sad.

But the sun is shining and the birds are out and three deer were in my front yard this morning to remind me of how beautiful things are.

I usually go into the Library at least for a while, but today I think I'm just going to sit in the sun at the front of my house and watch the animals and read a book and have tea. That will make me feel better.

Comments

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I'm going to repeat what everyone else has said and say that I didn't know we had deer in the forests either.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

You should spend more time here.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

I admit, I've always been a bit uncertain about the forests around the City.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

I love them. But there are some places that don't feel so good in here. I avoid those.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

So the stories about there being wilder animals than deer in the forests might well be true?

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Yes. There are big dangerous things out here for sure.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

Have you ever seen any of them?

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

At night in the dark sometimes. I don't get too close.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

I'd say that was very wise. Those animals, creatures, or whatever they might be are why I'm uncertain about the forests.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

They aren't things to mess with, that's for sure.

But they've never bothered me. And there's lots of beautiful things in the forest.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

I've never really been one for wild places, but I might still have to pay the forests a visit sometime. Since it seems you live there, it can't be so dangerous as I've imagined it.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

It's all about living in harmony with things and using common sense.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

Common sense I think I have in plentiful amounts. Living in harmony comes with more difficulty.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's 'cause my brain doesn't always work right. Maybe that's why it's easier for me.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

'Doesn't always work right'? Do you mean to say that you're mad?

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

I... get confused sometimes about what's real and what isn't.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

I can imagine that would make things difficult for you, to say the least. What a strange way to go through the world.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Especially here where some of the things I knew weren't real, are.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

Some of the things I knew weren't real are real here, but I think my trouble with that is far different from yours.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

I love it here though.

I've never been so happy.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

I think you're the first person I've met in my two years here who's actually happy to be here.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

It's so much better than anywhere I've ever been.

And I've been a lot of places.

Except... the rez was nice. I liked it there. But my dad wouldn't let me stay.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

If you say the City is better, I hate to imagine where else you might have lived.

It just seems so surprising to meet someone who's actually happy to be here.

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Mostly on the streets. Of a lot of different cities.

I hear that a lot, but it's true.

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that.

Perhaps it's good for those of us who are as jaded as I am to meet you.