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[sicklysweet]

do you ever think of returning to the countryside? or is that sort of quaint lifestyle too dull to the man you are now

i've admittedly always lived in cities, but growing up in england was a far cry from the cities i've stayed in overseas. there were a lots of places to get lost in in the north, when i didn't feel like practicing or listening to my foster families... but it's been several years since i was doing daily training, so i might be in a worse spot than you. struggling is half the fun, though.

[trollophoroi]

Constantly but there is very little in the way of work for someone like me in places like that. I actually despise living in Tokyo but that's where I was needed while functioning as a science officer for the Diet.

If I could afford to abandon it all and simply buy myself a farmhouse in some speck of a town, I would have in a heartbeat.

Oh well. What's life without some out-of-reach dreams like that? I'll just as happily take struggling up a Calfornia hiking trail alongside you. That dream is much more closer within reach.

[sicklysweet]

true, i suppose the sciences don't lend well to a farm lifestyle... maybe it's still in the cards for when you retire.

don't discount all your dreams just yet.

do you know anything about dancing?

[A complete non sequitur of a question, at first glance, but Owen has his own dreams and things he wants to drag Fandaniel into.]

[trollophoroi]

Dancing???

[ nani ]

No, I don't. You can probably imagine I wasn't much for attending clubs and dance parties during my school years.

[ AKA he's a nerd, a neeeeerrrd. ]

[sicklysweet]

yes, i can imagine you holed up all alone with books all around you studying dutifully for hours and hours… i’m not asking about dancing in clubs, though.

you see, dancing has always been a big part of my life. i did ballet professionally for several years, in fact, though i have not been on stage since… well. i’ve told you, before, what i tried to do to myself. i still danced for myself once i recovered, but that’s irrelevant.

the point is i’d like to share a little bit of this with you. if you’d like to try, though we would obviously start with something actually feasible for a beginner. if you don’t want to try that’s okay. i don’t care. i just… thought it might be nice, especially as i never did get to dance pas de deux in the company.

[trollophoroi]

[ Why does this feel like a very intimate thing to be asked...? If gives Fandaniel pause, thinking about it. He's sure he'll trip over his own feet and yet? ]

I would love to try. I cannot promise to be any good, of course.

[sicklysweet]

[Don’t overthink it!! It’s just normal, casual, stuff, like hiking through the sequoias together.]

i’ll set my expectations accordingly, though i can’t promise not to laugh if you trip more than once.

[He’s not going to say anything about how touched he is that Fandaniel is willing to give it a try, but he’s definitely feeling it.]

[trollophoroi]

I would hardly expect you to keep such a promise, anyhow. Do have some pity and take it easy on me, though, if only a little~