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[darkestbefore]

Name: Yona
Date: 6/1
Format: Text

[ Considering how long she's been here now and how... enthusiastic her Coven mentors have been about her finding a Bond, Yona's finally worked up the courage to try and use this strange device for herself and ask for some advice. ]

How did those of you who have made Bonds know that your partner was right for you? Was it just something casual and easy? Was it something deeper than that? Did you have a hard time finding someone when you first arrived?

[ Was that too intrusive? Insecure? She hopes not... ]

And those of you who haven't yet... what is it you're looking for?

Comments

[darkestbefore]

[ It takes her a little bit to get through his unusual way of speaking, but his point still comes across clearly. ]

I suppose it is just a strange thing for me, to consider a bond that could just end in such a way. It feels like it should be... deeper than that.

[prophexy]

[it's okay, he gets that from everyone]

A brief connection need not lack for meaning or depth. If nothing else, facilitating one another's survival is a worthwhile meaning in and of itself. At all times and in all places, individuals will come and go from one another's lives, and each precious in an entirely different way from another, regardless of how long they remain in the same place.

[darkestbefore]

[ She stares at those words for a long moment before replying. ]

You know, I hadn't even considered it like that, but you're absolutely right. I can still think of acquaintances - people I'd call friend, even - that I did not spend so long a time with, before I arrived here. I suppose giving it the title of 'bond' makes it feel a more lengthy commitment...

[prophexy]

Indeed, and the nature of the connection doth render it more intense than a friendship formed otherwise. Yet in the end, 'tis a choice to trust some part of thyself to another, a choice born perhaps of necessity; such choices are certainly not unique to Aefenglom and its Coven. Thus it cannot be said to be a decision made lightly, and even if 'tis not a permanent Bond, 'twill surely become a memorable chapter of thy life's tale.

[darkestbefore]

[ What a pretty way of phrasing it. ]

Thank you for this. It's certainly not a perspective I'd considered yet, so I'm grateful for a new way of looking at it. I think this will make it a little easier.

[prophexy]

Thou art most welcome. Despite our disparate circumstances and natures, I do believe 'tis vital for the Mirrorbound to act in support of one another, each according to their own capacity.

[darkestbefore]

I think one thing I've learned since coming here that it doesn't matter what the lands were like where we came from or how different they might be from one another... we can still find a great deal in common with one another. But it's been a relief to find so many kind and helpful here when I'm feeling lost or confused.

[prophexy]

'Tis so indeed. Despite all our diverse backgrounds, the shared experience of being torn from our home and finding our way in a wholly new environs seems a unifying one. And as we are offered aid upon arrival, so too do we pass it along in turn to those in need.