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[justclaws]

From: Chiyou
Date: June 14

I do not think this is the time for beach parties. Half of us cannot remember who we are. Those of us who know a shinki's past could kill them with a single word, without ever meaning for them to come to harm. This should not be accepted as normal without so much as an explanation as to why it is necessary.

What reason could there possibly be to strip someone of all memory?

Why does nobody seem to know what is going on?

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[oneblackcat]

It's as frustrating as it is heartbreaking, isn't it?

[justclaws]

It is, both those things.

It is harder than I could ever have dreamed to meet an old friend, and say nothing.

[So hard, it is quite impossible.

[I cannot do it at all.]

[oneblackcat]

One of my friends is here as a shinki too.

[To say nothing of the ex-girlfriend sister.]

If it's any consolation, it gets easier with practice. You learn to greet every new arrival with something vague.

[justclaws]

I understand. I wish I had known to do that, earlier.

I am not sure I want it to get easier, though, if that means I am getting used to it. It is far too easy to allow familiarity to sway us into accepting things we should not leave unquestioned.

[oneblackcat]

I don't think it has to mean you're resigned. It means you're mentally prepared, in a way that it's very difficult to be in the beginning.