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[imnot_likeyou]

[there's the rustle of pages flipping, before Sam starts talking]

You know, I've been saying to a lot of people recently that it would be "three years in Januray," and ...

I think I've always known that it was a long time, but it didn't really sink in how long that is until right now. Especially with everything else that happens around here, and the short trips everyone else gets.

[a long pause]

Anyway. Happy anniversary to me.

[and with that, the journal will close for a little while. He'll be back, though.]

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[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Here, at least. But they do not travel with us, when we go home.

[imnot_likeyou]

Right now, I think here's really all that matters.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Heh, you may be right. There is much here I wish to remain for - for a long time.

[imnot_likeyou]

I'm sure we all have that after a while.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

What do you wish to stay for then?

[imnot_likeyou]

... A life.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

A life?

[imnot_likeyou]

Back home, I don't exactly have one. I do here.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see. It is an expression.

[imnot_likeyou]

Yeah. An expression.

[not really.]

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I am not used to Earth expressions - or at least, not all of them.

[imnot_likeyou]

And I expect people to. I'm sorry.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Habits are hard to kick. Believe me, I know after nearly 300 years.

[imnot_likeyou]

... Three hundred?

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Yes. Though I am shy of it still - two hundred and seventy-seven to be exact.

[imnot_likeyou]

... Wow. That's a long time.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

_{[There is a sad sort of humor in his voice.]}

I suppose so. My father and mother were at least three hundred years older than I when they passed.

[imnot_likeyou]

Do all of the people where you're from have those kinds of lifespans?

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Yes, more or less, depending on profession. Soldiers tend to die younger than farmers and fisherman.

[imnot_likeyou]

Of course. But that goes the same for any lifespan.