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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]

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.