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Posted: **Tue Apr 19, 2016 10:34 pm**

Will nodded. "I guess I get that.

But maybe it would be good practice to try--and you wouldn't be alone."

Posted: **Tue Apr 19, 2016 11:18 pm**

"I'm not saying 'never' really, just... it's a thing, aye?"

Posted: **Wed Apr 20, 2016 3:33 am**

"No, I understand. Gotta do what you're comfortable with, aye?"

Posted: **Wed Apr 20, 2016 5:15 pm**

"Sorry to disappoint you and all."

Posted: **Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:20 pm**

"No, don't worry about it--sorry for pushing!"

Posted: **Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:49 pm**

"Well it's a bit of a let-down, aye? You find out this exciting new thing about me that I... don't really do lately."

Posted: **Thu Apr 21, 2016 1:36 am**

"A let down? I'm not, like, judging or grading you or anything here."

Posted: **Thu Apr 21, 2016 4:36 am**

"...then maybe I am."

Posted: **Thu Apr 21, 2016 7:23 am**

Will motioned her to continue. "And why do you feel that way?"

Posted: **Thu Apr 21, 2016 5:35 pm**

"It's a bit depressing to think about it that way. It's something I really used to enjoy."

Posted: **Thu Apr 21, 2016 6:01 pm**

"Is there any way I can help?"

Posted: **Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:36 pm**

"I don't... really know. The feeling of it just kind of hit me all at once, when I had to articulate it."

Posted: **Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:43 pm**

Will hesitated, and then put an arm around Sam's shoulders.

"Hey. Things will get better, I promise."

Posted: **Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:43 pm**

"I know they will. Just feeling like a bit of a coward, aye?"

Posted: **Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:45 pm**

"No need to feel that way, as long as you're doing what's comfortable."

Posted: **Fri Apr 22, 2016 5:51 pm**

"You ever get the feeling that... maybe you shouldn't get comfortable?"

Posted: **Fri Apr 22, 2016 8:20 pm**

"What do you mean?" she asked, confused.

Posted: **Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:04 pm**

"If you got comfortable with something, would you want to change it?"

Posted: **Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:49 pm**

"Well, there are reasons to not sit back in complacency--sometimes, you change current comfort for a long-term goal."

Posted: **Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:51 pm**

"But sometimes you need a reminder that something isn't working, aye?"

Posted: **Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:57 pm**

Will nodded. "It's important to not lose sight of the prize, as it were."

Posted: **Sat Apr 23, 2016 4:45 pm**

"So I guess it's just... people shouldn't settle. Reduced expectations shouldn't be the new normal."

Posted: **Sat Apr 23, 2016 6:15 pm**

"Sam...

If you are happy, and I mean really happy, being isolated, there is nothing wrong with that. Who cares what other people think? You have to do what's best for you.

But if you're not happy, and you want to do bigger and better things, you've got to get yourself out there.

Either way, you'll have friends who will support you."

Posted: **Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:52 pm**

"I think it's fair to say that I want to... you know, do better."

Posted: **Thu Apr 28, 2016 3:25 am**

"Then you need to challenge yourself sometimes," Will nodded.

Posted: **Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:54 pm**

"...aye," she nods with a faint smile.

"I'm sorry for... well, thinking aloud and all that."

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 6:44 pm**

"Hey. I'm told I'm a good sounding board. Anytime, right?"

"Anyway, don't be so hard on yourself. We're all hear to learn anyway. You ever want to go somewhere and need moral support, I'm your girl, I promise.

I know you'll turn out OK, Sam. You're just not quite done baking yet."

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 9:27 pm**

"...yeah, I guess you do know how I turn out," she says, looking to Will.

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 9:44 pm**

"No, I know how one version of you could turn out. I'm not Moses, coming down from the Mount with the word of God written in stone," she said, growing a long beard as her clothes shifted into flowing robes to punctuate the joke.

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 10:10 pm**

"But certain things were never really ever in the cards."

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 10:17 pm**

"Come again?" Will asked, confused.

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 10:22 pm**

"It's... none of this is ever really going to go away."

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 10:23 pm**

"No, but that's not a bad thing, Sam.

We're special. And it's OK to be special."

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 10:26 pm**

"I'm not... I'm not even really saying my powers here. I'm talking about... you know, brain birds and shite."

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 10:31 pm**

Will nodded. "I guess you're right--they may never go away. Or then again, they might. Who knows what the future holds?

And don't say Nailah."

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 10:34 pm**

"Why would Nailah know what the future holds?" She asks, tilting her head in confusion.

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 10:37 pm**

"Precognition, bad joke, put it in a box, seal it up, set it aside," she chuckled.

"Seriously, things will work out. You just have to roll with the punches."

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 10:40 pm**

"...I guess your Nailah must have had different powers," she shrugs.

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 10:45 pm**

"Did she? Dang; I could have sworn the one here too had some precogy things as well. I've got to stop judging people like that."

Posted: **Tue May 03, 2016 10:47 pm**

"I don't know? Things got kind of awkward after our halfarsed date. Mostly now I just see her when we're doing flying practice."

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