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[After his bath is done, he comes out in a towel because oops...forgot clothes.

Only...wait. Those are his clothes. He blinks at them a moment before going to grab them so he can, you know, put them on.]

[Trying not to enjoy the sight of Lantis in a towel too much…

Eagle still giggles about it as he sets out something from his forgetful compatriot to eat once he reappears again. ]

[Okay. Dressed and blushing a little but he comes out to see that there's food too.

Yep. More surprised blinking.]

[Aww, a blushing Lantis! More reason for him to be laughed at a bit. ]

Its not like you have anything to be embarrassed about.

[To his side, guiding Lantis over to the warm soup. The best thing to eat on a cold day. ]

You must be hungry?

[He sits down in front of the soup.]

Yes. Thank you.

[Eagle sits at the table with Lantis. He wasn’t particularly hungry himself but eating alone was very never much fun. So, he does at least settle in to have a little drink and keep Lantis company. ]

I wonder how long the storm will last this time.

I don't know. It's hard to tell.

[Lantis slowly begins to eat. Mostly because the soup is hot and he doesn't want to burn himself.]

[Some one was already beginning to feel a bit restless and it had only been snowing for a few days. ]

Were there any times on Cephiro when you couldn’t go outside?

It depends on where in Cephiro you are. Some places can get very cold in the winter.

What did you do to pass the time?

Before my training I did a lot of reading. Once I was training it depended on who was training me that day.

I don’t suppose we could do any training… that would only tear the apartment up.

[That left reading? Not entirely opposed to that but… sigh.
Eagle looked out of the window, watching the snow fall and wondering just how long that would last. ]

[Short pause in eating.]

We could come up with something else to do.

Like what?

[The laundry was done… after Lantis ate those dishes are something he could handle… But, other than those things, hadnt he done everything else that needed to be done?]

I'm...not sure.

[He was hoping Eagle (the social one) would have an idea. So, he tries to think of something.]

[Thinking… thinking… offhandedly stated. ]

We do have that video game system Umi gave us during Christmas.

Oh. We do.

[He'd forgotten about it.]

I don’t really know how it works or what kinds of games it has but it might be better than sitting around staring at each other.

[Reconsidering that statement as he turns back to look at Lantis. He was so handsome. Then again… just watching him for a while might be nice too. ]

Or at least you might get tired of me watching you all of the time.

[Eagle is always very good at saying just the right thing to fluster him and make him speechless.

Which he is now. Trying to find something to say in response.]

[Also fairly good about not giving him much recovery time as serious tone suddenly appears. ]

Lantis… There is something I have been meaning to ask you.
About our… [Friendship? Relationship? He settled on a more clinical term. ] … association. What do you think about it?

[That's...a good question there. He becomes more serious with the moment.]

It's hard to tell. I think we both want more but we keep hesitating because of our world.

[See? He's been paying attention.]

[And he perfectly described the situation! ]

Maybe that is something we will never be able to work around. [Atypical pessimistic statement.]

I don’t know if either of us are really capable of forgetting everything just because we are in this City.

We're capable. Perhaps we choose not to be.

[He's sure that applies well to them both. Looking down at the dish, he falls silent a moment.]

What do you think about it?

[Deeply considered response. ]

I think we are both too stubborn.

[He felt a bit guilty and defeated admitting this but… ]

When I first arrived here I wanted nothing more than to be able to leave as soon as possible, but now… [Unforgivable really, when one sacrifice could save so many lives. ] … I actually find myself wishing I had never heard of the Pillar system.

[Earth shattering HUGE revelation from Eagle. ]

[He looks up, startled by that confession.]

You do?

[It actually seems impossible.]

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