discomfort | dahut

[goes to ask luke why he isn't white while he's at it

But he just seems to consider this for a moment, thinking about all the time he's lived so far and wondering if, should he have had the MISERY AND MISFORTUNE to live hundreds of years more which surely hasn't happened to anyone in Arpechele, he'd also find life meaningless by its end.]

Do you think you can find new meaning in something later, after it's already lost its meaning to you once?

[ you're also white dahut. ]

I do not know. Perhaps. You never know what may happen-- after all, being kidnapped onto a spaceship is not something I would have ever expected to happen.

[ owner can't say that that's boring. ]

[🧍‍♂️]

Aha, that's true! Same, same! [What a wild multiverse they live in... apparently...] Well. I hope that you find one of the two, at least.

[Meaning or the sweet release of death.]

Oh, thank you!

[ he appreciates the wish for death! ]

But I am prepared for neither.

[A SMILE AND A NOD yeah! You're welcome!! But then he just looks faintly confused.]

You aren't? I could understand not being ready to die yet considering you have your inn to run, but why aren't you ready to find new meaning?

Hm, well, at the moment I am a bit preoccupied with my employees... so I cannot really run off on a journey of self-reflection while they are being ridiculous.

Oh! Right, I think you mentioned something about this ages ago...? [IT'S ONLY BEEN SIX WEEKS.] You could always hit them over the head and take them along with you.

No, no, they'd complain! One of them wants to stick close to home, because he has something he wishes to accomplish, and it would be rude of me to take him away from that for an unknown period of time.

Aha, well, it'd probably be hard to slice out a peaceful little bit of self-reflecting time if you're dealing with people complaining all the while. Especially if they have other things to do! The complaints would never end!

[MAYBE DON'T KNOCK PEOPLE OUT AND KIDNAP THEM TO A FIND YOURSELF GET-AWAY IN GENERAL.]

[ the way this was their original complaint about coming here ]

Exactly, exactly! You can tell them it is for their own good, but they will not understand... and the nagging begins...

[COMING FULL CIRCLE...]

Usually I'm the one doing the nagging because the people I work with- [SCIEN.] -are a mess, but whenever other people nag at me, it's always over the silliest things and it gives me such a headache... I would never wish that on you!

Thank you...

But it is fine, I do not mind waiting. I do have a lot of patience, considering.

A necessity when you're so long-lived, I guess...

You seem rather patient as well.

Thank you! [Said with a bright smile.] I'm nowhere near as much of a grandpa as you or even Monsieur Scien, but I think I've lived long enough to cultivate a fair amount of patience!