THE PASSAGE OF TIME

[wooliefrand]

WHO: All
WHERE: The Pasture
WHEN: Day 24 Morning thru afternoon

[THE STORMS HAVE FINALLY CLEARED and the life sliced so now what

how yall doin]

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[afineknight]

[ He eyes him quietly for a moment before speaking again. ]

A heart's a heart, amigo. Yours functions, ehh . . . differently from what I've seen, but it's still your heart.

[fishfearme]

[Chronos actually looked briefly surprised.]

It... but it isn't normal.

[No one else lacked a heartbeat. He had asked quite a few mercenaries, before Jeralt told him to stop, and everyone had always looked at him strangely, thinking he was making an off colour joke or just being weird, as usual. Jeralt, as well, made sure Chronos knew how to heal himself if Jeralt couldn't do it, in case a medic realised his lack of heartbeat and came to awkward conclusions.

For most of his life, Chronos had internalised that it was strange and unnatural, whatever was going on in his chest cavity, so he was a little startled at Crois's easy dismissal of it, despite getting an eyeful of whatever was in there.]

[afineknight]

It's still your heart.

[ He shrugs his shoulders. He's seen enough messed up stuff in this world. A stone functioning as a heart? Sure. He could buy it. It just functioned differently than a traditional heart, but it still served the same purpose. ]

[fishfearme]

Well, yes, but...

[He wasn't sure how to put his very incoherent feelings into words about it. he dropped his hand from his chest and heaved a very quiet sigh.]

...I suppose it just frustrates me. In my world, no one else is like this, not even my father. While it may be 'my heart', it's only mine, so no one else really... I'm not making any sense.

[Stupid, incomprehensible emotions.]

[afineknight]

No one else really gets it, huh.

[ He tips his head to one side. ]

So you feel like an outsider?

[fishfearme]

[That... was a pretty accurate way of describing it, and similar to how he had messily explained his own feelings to Styx before he had messed up at the confessional stand. He knew he was weird. Back in his world, that weirdness set him apart. In this land, everyone here was weird too in their own way so he thought it might be different, but it turned out that even here he continued to remain in his own top tier of weird.

So, after a pause, he nodded slightly, lowering his gaze.]

[afineknight]

[ He reaches over to clap at his shoulder lightly. ]

Well, if it helps, I fully intend on trying to understand what exactly is going on with your heart so you know for the future. And, ehh . . . for what it's worth, I think a lot of us here are outsiders in our own way.

[fishfearme]

[He still isn't used to casual touch, so he unconsciously jumped at the touch, even though he had watched Crois reach out to him and knew he was going to make contact. He didn't shrug him off, though.]

You are?

[Crois: continuing to surprise him!]

I'd be grateful for any insight you can share, though... I'm not sure what I can give in return. Um, I'm good at fishing?

[afineknight]

[ He laughs lightly, pulling back his hand and giving him a grin. ]

It's been decades since I've gone fishing. Maybe we'll go sometime together, eh?