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room #025; bunk 38 (formerly with Mrs. Sheringham)
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[unjedi]

I'm still alive, aren't I?

[persisto]

By leaving things be?

Or by doing the shower thing?

[unjedi]

The shower thing?

[persisto]

Where you force yourself not to think about something so that a fix just sneaks up on you.

[unjedi]

I'm not sure what that has to do with showers, but I'm not waiting for a fix.

[persisto]

I think it might be Swedish? Might have used to be a sauna.

Seems like a pretty hard place to be wedged in, though, if it's too heavy to talk about and too urgent to let sit.

[unjedi]

I just feel alone in all of this.

And no one has my experiences.

[persisto]

No one from home? Or sort of more than that?

[unjedi]

No one. Though, to be fair, I wish no one had it.

[persisto]

Must make it hard even to share.

[unjedi]

Honestly? It feels impossible.

[persisto]

Not a fun feeling.

Doesn't mean we can't figure something out.

[unjedi]

How?

[persisto]

Not sure yet, but we'll wrangle our way around to it.

Want to come have a sit?

[unjedi]

Where?

[persisto]

Staring at stars feel comforting or depressing right now?

[unjedi]

It varies.

But it should be okay.

[persisto]

We'll give the observation deck a whirl, then.

And if you hate it, we'll try something else.

[unjedi]

We have an old saying among my people.

Do or do not, there is no try.

[persisto]

Some real wisdom in that.

One of our old ones is "if at first you don't succeed, try, try again."

[unjedi]

I think it's meant to mean complete commitment. That's how we were.

[persisto]

Pretty good way to be. Takes a lot, though, doesn't it.