"Now that sounds like an earth thing," he says it fondly enough. Over time he's come to realise that there are things people come up with on earth that no one in tyria would ever think to do.
"If you wanted to swim with dolphins where I'm from, you'd probably just go swim in the sea. Or the harbour in Lion's Arch, there's some out there. I can see 'em sometimes from my bedroom window back home."
It's nice to think of, just a simple, quotidian memory of his life as it was, being where he felt he belonged, things happening in their natural way. Like the anemones, moving the way they move, pulling in, expanding out. He tries not to dwell on how it makes something twist inside of him--just homesickness, he knows. Here, that is what's quotidian.
"I think swimming with quaggan's probably more common where I'm from." A pause.
He doesn't want to rush K on when he's transfixed with what's right in front of him, so he waits until he looks up again before asking, "You wanna show me what-all's inside?"
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Date: 2022-09-21 06:55 am (UTC)"If you wanted to swim with dolphins where I'm from, you'd probably just go swim in the sea. Or the harbour in Lion's Arch, there's some out there. I can see 'em sometimes from my bedroom window back home."
It's nice to think of, just a simple, quotidian memory of his life as it was, being where he felt he belonged, things happening in their natural way. Like the anemones, moving the way they move, pulling in, expanding out. He tries not to dwell on how it makes something twist inside of him--just homesickness, he knows. Here, that is what's quotidian.
"I think swimming with quaggan's probably more common where I'm from." A pause.
He doesn't want to rush K on when he's transfixed with what's right in front of him, so he waits until he looks up again before asking, "You wanna show me what-all's inside?"