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endsthegame ([personal profile] endsthegame) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2013-05-27 12:30 pm

Practical Philosophy, Monday

"It's Memorial Day today," Ender said-- after everyone had gathered and he had taken stock of who was there and, more importantly, who wasn't. He'd noted said absence with a raise of his brow and nothing else.

It was a little hard to concentrate on that anyway with all the frogs hopping around, occasionally shedding literal light on the group.

"I suppose it makes sense to talk about loss," he said. "I know Memorial Day honors the men and women who have served us who have fallen in battle, but military service isn't the only service that a human being can commit themselves to. You sit here on a mountain of the dead - of people who worked and suffered and expired so that you can live here comfortably."

Having imparted this cheery wisdom, he sat back.

"So let's start there," he said. "Is there anyone in your life who's since passed whose service led you here today?"
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Re: Talk.

[personal profile] pulseof_life 2013-05-27 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeul tilted her head slightly, paying attention to only Professor Wiggin rather than the rest of the class. “Is it strange to say myself?”
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Re: Talk.

[personal profile] pulseof_life 2013-05-27 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're very good at avoiding questions," she said, smiling slightly. "The why is because I am one of many Yeuls."
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Re: Talk.

[personal profile] pulseof_life 2013-05-28 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Must I?" Yeul asked. "I thought I was clear."
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Re: Talk.

[personal profile] pulseof_life 2013-05-28 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"There is always the chance of that," she agreed. "Though I am unsure what to tell you. I am not the first Yeul and I will not be the last."