voice;

[ideismo]

[There's a moment of quiet before he starts, the sort of thing that's only really audible if you're listening for it; it's been some time since Alexei has addressed any number of people at once, and while it's something he used to be accustomed to, it's also something that he's rather out of practice with.

So there's quiet, and the awkwardness is palpable when he does start, and he doesn't bother introducing himself; maybe some will recognize his voice, maybe not. It matters fairly little to him in the scheme of things.]

I don't normally request guidance, and particularly not regarding personal matters, so I pray I may be forgiven for the vagueness of the question. But I suppose that the recent conditions on Monsun have me contemplating things.

Is it...acceptable, I suppose, to continue to want something that you have no right or claim to anymore?

[...And apparently that is all for now.]

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[uptightness]

You might get used to it and always leave them off though.

[ideismo]

...Honestly, I can't say I'd have a problem with that.

[uptightness]

You learn from them though. Both the good and the bad.

[ideismo]

[That's...]

While I won't deny the truth in that, the lessons learned have come at too steep a price.

[uptightness]

Yet you won't make the same mistake again.

[Although her tone is fairly clear that it's a lesson learned for her, and one that has changed her deeply.]

Or try not to.