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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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[leschath.livejournal.com]

[Milo's only here because he was specifically lookng for Li. He makes himself comfortable on the field of stars, sitting down and thrusting a sizable paper bag at Li. ]

An apology. And also I don't mind cooking as much when I leave the mess for someone else to clean.

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[Not looking up from his telescope,] Clean-up is part of the experience, though.

[Now he looks up and takes the bag, smiling.] So what is it?

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Perhaps but I have more important things to clean up than a kitchen usually.

Dolmades. [And then it occurs to him that Li might not know what that is.] It's a greek thing, rice, vegetables and meat wrapped in a leaf.

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I suppose you do. How is it going with your temple, by the way? Do you have to rebuild it by yourself?

[Curious now because no, he doesn't know what that is, so he takes one out and takes a tentative bite. Then his eyes widen in surprise.] This is really good.

[leschath.livejournal.com]

Competent stone masons are not easy to find. The Sanctuary is sacred ground as well, not just anyone may set foot within its barrier. I've been clearing the area gradually physically and with telekinesis, the foundation is still sound it won't take as long as I thought to rebuild.

[Grins at the complement.] Things that I can do I do well.

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[Goes to adjust his scope's focus.] ...I wish I could help in some way. I feel partially responsible.

[And Hei starts snarfing them. He does so love a free meal.] It's funny, Mu says that his version of you can only really make baklava. Not that baklava isn't an accomplishment in itself...

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[leschath.livejournal.com]

It's my temple. Whatever happens to it is my responsibility in the end. Until I die or find a successor anyways.

[watches Li for a minute, almost curious. Since he's never used a telescope himself.] It's a bit hard to tell where everything is in the middle of this space. [He looks up with a slight frown.]

[leschath.livejournal.com]

...we seem quite different. Me and the Milo that Mu knows. I've never made Baklava. I don't particularly like sweets.

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

You like the stars?

[soimpressive.livejournal.com]

See any you recognize?

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Mu mentioned something about that. So not all Saints take on students, huh. [Smiles vaguely.] Though you don't seem the "teaching" type.

[Peering through his scope again.] It's interesting. I don't recognize even half of these constellations. And so many deep space objects are so close by, but others are at the usual distance...

[Long pause.] You're from different versions, though, aren't you? Different circumstances, I suppose...

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I do. Well, I did. There isn't much to look at these days.

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Plenty of the constellations and stars...and Messier objects that they put up close for some reason. But a lot of these I don't recognize. [Smiling.] That just makes it more interesting, though.

[soimpressive.livejournal.com]

I could point a few out. I've seen a good many of them up close, you know.

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[leschath.livejournal.com]

Mu is obligated to train a cloth smith for the next generation if nothing else. But you're right I'm not the teacher type. Gold Saints may take on students for silver or bronze cloths but it was never required of me.

[Milo closes his eyes.] I'm accustomed to the skies of Greece. There I can feel each constellation, here it's difficult to even feel my own. [He reaches a hand out, glowing faintly for a moment.] I have to consciously search for it. [He points into the far distance somewhere beyond sight.]

[leschath.livejournal.com]

I still find it rather odd that he'd be capable of baklava and nothing else. Considering where he must have trained it would have been rather impractical. [Milo is grinning slightly as if he finds it amusing.]

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[Pointing at an unfamiliar constellation,] What's that one, then?

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

Because of all the lights in the city...?

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I see.

[Wordlessly, Hei turns his telescope towards where Milo is pointing. He fiddles around for awhile, making adjustments and looking through the scope periodically. Eventually he looks up again.] I think I found Antares. [Smiling,] Want to see?

Oh? Where must he have trained?

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[Arches a brow but then shrugs, why not. He peers into the scope.] Know where that'd be on your body?

Antimilos, Erimomilos...it has several names. It's just a small uninhabited island near Milos. Nothing but goats and volcanic rock there. Not really the kind of place that encourages you to make pastries covered in honey.

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Ah...not really. All the stars in my world were replaced with fake ones ten years ago, when the Gate appeared.

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

Wh..what? H..How do you replace the stars!?

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[Shrugs.] The heart, I suppose. It's called the Heart of the Scorpion because of its red color.

[Chuckles, because the image of Milo surrounded by nothing but goats just popped into his head.] No, I imagine it wouldn't. Though maybe he'd just had too much of goats.

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[Shrugging,] It's the Gate. It does what it wants to.

[leschath.livejournal.com]

No actually. [reaches over and taps Li's abdomen, towards the left side above his stomach.] There actually. Though it would indeed be a fatal blow in a fight.

[laughs softly as well though for a different reason.] It's hard to picture someone going through the same training, living in a similar environment would turn out so drasticly different.