Right. [ a slight pause as she consider things. ] Not too along ago, I wouldn't have wanted to put so much attention in making sure that I could maintain my memory as it is, but coming here...
[ a very soft laugh and a shake of her head. ]
What's the saying? Something about how you don't know what you had until it's gone?
[ then again, they might not know it's gone either... ]
...Mn. [ xie lian's answer noise is thoughtful. he glances down at his hands for a moment. ]
I have lived such a long life, that I am sure I have forgotten many things. I have always said that it is better to try and hold onto the small, simple things that make your life better - a well cooked meal, a beautifully starry sky... but as I start to lose more here, I feel the absences to the point that it is impossible to ignore.
...I am not afraid of losing who I am, because I think I will still be me, even without it. There are some convictions that I know will not leave me. [ ...
he softens, a little though, and just for a moment, xie lian looks...tired, like someone who has lived for eight hundred years. ] ...But there are things that only I remember, and...I do not want to forget.
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[ a very soft laugh and a shake of her head. ]
What's the saying? Something about how you don't know what you had until it's gone?
[ then again, they might not know it's gone either... ]
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I have lived such a long life, that I am sure I have forgotten many things. I have always said that it is better to try and hold onto the small, simple things that make your life better - a well cooked meal, a beautifully starry sky... but as I start to lose more here, I feel the absences to the point that it is impossible to ignore.
...I am not afraid of losing who I am, because I think I will still be me, even without it. There are some convictions that I know will not leave me. [ ...
he softens, a little though, and just for a moment, xie lian looks...tired, like someone who has lived for eight hundred years. ] ...But there are things that only I remember, and...I do not want to forget.