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Feb. 3rd, 2013 12:43 pmIt had been so wonderful. And so strange.
Everything was different now. He had expected that - if he had expected any of this at all - and it didn't trouble him too much. But it was something to navigate. Speaking to each other. And at times, him not sure what to even say to her. Lost in everything he wanted to say, without much idea of where and how to start.
Now: the aquarium. Taking her to see where he worked had seemed like an obvious thing to do. They were bathed in blue light, everything moving in slow waves around them, a few people moving through the rooms of fish and crabs and twisting eels, ponderous turtles. It was always soothing to him and it was now.
"I didn't expect to like it here as much as I do," he said. "But it feels... not like home. Except maybe some of the good parts of home."
Everything was different now. He had expected that - if he had expected any of this at all - and it didn't trouble him too much. But it was something to navigate. Speaking to each other. And at times, him not sure what to even say to her. Lost in everything he wanted to say, without much idea of where and how to start.
Now: the aquarium. Taking her to see where he worked had seemed like an obvious thing to do. They were bathed in blue light, everything moving in slow waves around them, a few people moving through the rooms of fish and crabs and twisting eels, ponderous turtles. It was always soothing to him and it was now.
"I didn't expect to like it here as much as I do," he said. "But it feels... not like home. Except maybe some of the good parts of home."
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