039: You're Only Going Through the Motions, Baby

[contract_star]

[Hei is here with a small patch of grass and his telescope. The telescope is propped up nearby and he's lying on his back in the grass, staring up at the Astral Sky. He has an unreadable expression.]

Hard to believe. They're really real there...

[He sighs.] The servants and the...concentration camp kind of put a damper on things, though...

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[contract_star]

[After awhile,] Mu, when you left Jamir after all that time...how did you deal with all the... [Frowns.] The...I don't know. Normalcy.

[lamb_of_gold]

I set a routine and carried on as best I could. I adjusted.

[contract_star]

A routine, huh.

[Long pause.]

Diva has servants. They...they come around and ask me if I need anything, and... I think she even has them cleaning the house. Mansion. It's a mansion. A guest...mansion.

[lamb_of_gold]

That's certainly lavish.

[contract_star]

It's...

I don't like it. It's too...I don't know. Someone like me shouldn't have servants asking him what he wants.