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[Hei appears a ways away from where the normal crowd gathers, carrying a brand new Satake telescope. He sets it up carefully on its tripod and settles in for some quiet time with the stars. He'll talk to anyone who comes by, though.]

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[Chuckles,] They are. And there are so many I don't recognize, which makes it interesting. How many people have gotten the chance to look at stars no one else has seen before?

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

I never really thought of it that way before. There are so many stars I don't
know and even the constellations I do know are in different places.

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I know; it makes it really confusing. Some of them are beyond sight, as well. I only managed to find Scorpio because I found Antares. And it doesn't help that a lot of the Messier objects are so close by. But it just makes it an adventure, trying to find everything.

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

I've tried looking for Andromeda but I can't find it. It's nice to see everything so close though, you can't get a view like this anywhere else.

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I know. [Sighs contentedly.] It's so beautiful here.

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

It's really relaxing over here too. [Half-smile] Well it is most of the time.

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[Laughs.] It is, until the crowds show up or until something exciting happens.

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

[Laughs] I'm used to crowds, I live with my Nii-san and everyone else.

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Oh? Who are they?

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

Let's see at the mansion right now there's me, Nii-san, Hyoga, Shiryu, Seiya, Jabu, Ichi, Nachi, Ban, Geki and Saori-san. June, Shunrei, and Kiki are all visiting too. There's also the household staff and....Tatsumi.

Saori-san is Athena and she's letting us Saints live with her while we're in Japan.

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[Laughing,] That's a lot of people! I don't know if I could handle that kind of a crowd.

Kiki is the only name I recognize. Mu's student, right?

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

[Smiling] I kind of like having so many people around.

Yes, Kiki is Mu's student. [Shun smile fades] He's staying with us for now.

[contract_star]

It can be fun sometimes. The other people in my apartment complex are quite lively. It keeps things interesting.

Oh? [Head tilt.] He's not staying with Mu anymore? Did he finish his training?

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

Interesting things seem to happen a lot in the mansion too. But then most of us are around the same age and Tatsumi said that has something to do with why something is always going on.

[Looks down and replies very quietly] No, Kiki's still in training as far as I know.

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Yeah, the people in the apartments are about the same age-range as well...actually, I think I'm the youngest of them. [Pauses and smiles.] I don't hang out with them much, but they're good people.

[Stares at Shun, frowning a little, since now he's confirmed the sense that Shun doesn't want to talk about it. So he says nothing and goes back to searching the sky.]

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

[Smiles slightly] I'm one of the youngest in the mansion, although some of the others are a few months younger than I am. I guess we all behave like a family sometimes....or we should. Most of us are related anyway.

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[Smiling broadly,] That really does sound nice.

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

It is most of the time. [Trying not to think about how much it hurts when Ichi and the others actively avoid him because of rumors..]

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Well. Sometimes it's also good to have some solitude, I suppose.