thank you for being cool and not prying at stuff at the moment, haru, he appreciates it. and it's just something jonas will remember. as it is, he's settling over a branch and listening.
really glad he's a mermaid, actually, like good for him. but simultaneously jonas doesn't seem to think it's weird. it's kind of interesting to keep meeting people who actually have a passion for anything in life, even if it's something simple like buildings or swimming. ]
...I guess that's what a lot of water metaphors and stuff are talking about. Cleansing and everything like that. I mean you could've just said it's fun but...it's nice. To hear it when it's obviously really important to you.
[ no. and unfortunately the title drop happens every time this conversation comes up. i hate writing about water. he smiles a little though, rare and fleeting and soft. ]
...I'm glad. I was lucky to find something I loved so soon.
[ from the moment his wee baby eyes saw water. he has his own existential issues, but he's at least always had something to be obsessed with. not everyone's lucky enough to stumble upon their passion. ]
Do you have anything to help—...deal with this place? [ a hobby, a passion, whatever. ]
[ well. you know what. they both can agree on that! ]
I would definitely call it lucky. Some people go their whole lives not really finding it. [ like truly. sometimes you are really from a place that you describe as a place where nobody's really good at anything they do so hearing someone actually have a focus they care about is...nice.
he decides that he probably shouldn't say that his way of dealing with this place is chainsmoking and squashing down every single bit of anxiety he's ever had the urge to feel, especially since haru is a normal (?) person. but it does mean he has to think about it. ]
...nothing like that, no. You'd think maybe by now I'd pick something up again but I haven't found anything. Or at least not anything really decent.
[ listen if anyone is going to understand anxiety it is a normal(?) teenager. please learn coping mechanisms.
anyway, he hears all sorts of opinions on his infatuation with swimming; this is one of the more normal and nice ones. in return, he tries a little harder to formulate his words, even if they end up as clumsy as usual. ]
You can't always find it on your own. That... spark. It's something that another person has to show you. [ ... ] If you don't have something right now, at least you have someone. Several someones.
[ they're both perfectly fine and normal people. it's probably kind of funny because jonas doesn't think there's anything clumsy or awkward about how haru presents himself. maybe it's just because of the kind of people he's grown up around, or maybe it's because jonas is an awkward person himself.
but he gets the sentiment and there's a slight smile to follow. ]
I kind of wish it was something I could find on my own since it feels like it shouldn't be on somebody else. But maybe you have a point. [ teamwork... ] It's. Uh. Also still something I'm getting used to again, so...that might take a while, too. At least it's easier to know what to look for when I know what it looks like now.
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thank you for being cool and not prying at stuff at the moment, haru, he appreciates it. and it's just something jonas will remember. as it is, he's settling over a branch and listening.
really glad he's a mermaid, actually, like good for him. but simultaneously jonas doesn't seem to think it's weird. it's kind of interesting to keep meeting people who actually have a passion for anything in life, even if it's something simple like buildings or swimming. ]
...I guess that's what a lot of water metaphors and stuff are talking about. Cleansing and everything like that. I mean you could've just said it's fun but...it's nice. To hear it when it's obviously really important to you.
[ nice title drop also. ]
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...I'm glad. I was lucky to find something I loved so soon.
[ from the moment his wee baby eyes saw water. he has his own existential issues, but he's at least always had something to be obsessed with. not everyone's lucky enough to stumble upon their passion. ]
Do you have anything to help—...deal with this place? [ a hobby, a passion, whatever. ]
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I would definitely call it lucky. Some people go their whole lives not really finding it. [ like truly. sometimes you are really from a place that you describe as a place where nobody's really good at anything they do so hearing someone actually have a focus they care about is...nice.
he decides that he probably shouldn't say that his way of dealing with this place is chainsmoking and squashing down every single bit of anxiety he's ever had the urge to feel, especially since haru is a normal (?) person. but it does mean he has to think about it. ]
...nothing like that, no. You'd think maybe by now I'd pick something up again but I haven't found anything. Or at least not anything really decent.
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anyway, he hears all sorts of opinions on his infatuation with swimming; this is one of the more normal and nice ones. in return, he tries a little harder to formulate his words, even if they end up as clumsy as usual. ]
You can't always find it on your own. That... spark. It's something that another person has to show you. [ ... ] If you don't have something right now, at least you have someone. Several someones.
[ the power... of teamwork...... ]
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but he gets the sentiment and there's a slight smile to follow. ]
I kind of wish it was something I could find on my own since it feels like it shouldn't be on somebody else. But maybe you have a point. [ teamwork... ] It's. Uh. Also still something I'm getting used to again, so...that might take a while, too. At least it's easier to know what to look for when I know what it looks like now.