week 4 ( wednesday );

[reidentify]

[Nothing is even remotely fine, but Lief does what he always does: shove it down and keep moving.

—Which is what he's doing, quite literally, when he sees Fie, as he runs over to her. Unlike her, he has the blessing of being uninjured.]

Fie!

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[sylfied]

He is.

... What's your friend like?

[reidentify]

She... Well, we have a different sort of friendship compared to what you have with Rean, I think. [He pauses.] She is old enough to be my grandmother, for one, though perhaps her age is what makes her wise.

[Not that he has many friends his age, nowadays.]

[sylfied]

[ wow Lief, get hip. ]

... I do know some pretty smart old people. Maybe it's an age thing, like you said.

[reidentify]

[Listen, where he's from, teenagers generally don't go around saving the world??]

Perhaps. [a beat] At the very least, my and Jasmine's hot-headed natures have often been attributed to our young ages.

[sylfied]

Jasmine?

[ you keep referencing these people she doesn't know?? ]

[reidentify]

[His smile softens.]

One of my closest friends. She is—I suppose she is to me what your family is to you.

[sylfied]

... Oh. She's your family.

[ okay, that makes sense. ]

[reidentify]

... Yes. I cannot imagine a life without her.

[sylfied]

... Wait, so is she family like girlfriend-family--

[ jiiiiiiiiii. ]

[reidentify]

[WELL, UH.

LIEF'S TURNING RED NOW, SO.]

[sylfied]

...

You know, you could have just said that.

[reidentify]

She is still family! That was not inaccurate.

[LET HIM LIVE]

[sylfied]

There's still a pretty important difference between your average family and your girlfriend.

[reidentify]

I do not think the difference is so great...