week 1 curfew

[moonblades]

extremely bold of you to assume i won't use a stock image with a watermark for a shitpost

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[revengier]

[ Now that? That's an easy question. A much, much better question. ]

They are. They're known as babies where I'm from. They'll grow and mature into an adult over a span of two decades.

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They're so little. [The awe Mio feels is slightly tempered by the fact that said babies on screen are wailing at the top of their lungs, yet she still watches them like they're some kind of marvel.

She presses a hand gently to her breastbone as if suppressing a pang she didn't anticipate. Two decades...]

I wonder what it'd be like to hold one.

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[Noah's curious mind would really like to know how babby is formed, but the wonder on Mio's face is distracting enough to whisk that thought away. Consider yourself lucky, Kurapika.]

They're quite cute. A bit noisy, but certainly charming. Do you have any babies, Kurapika?

:3

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you know what this is

[revengier]

I don't have children, no.

[ He will consider himself very lucky, thanks. ]

They're soft and warm. It's like holding a little bundle of life in your arms. [ ... ] It's the kind of warmth that fills your chest. It's hard to explain, but they're nice to hold.

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[She's positively lighting up as Kurapika describes it; Mio doesn't need to say anything for it to be apparent on her face that she's imagining what it would be like to experience something like that.]

Maybe one day you will if that's what you want. [ Getting one's hands on a baby can't be too difficult. Despite the joyful experience Kurapika described and the one that she's imagining, Mio doesn't feel like their subject matter shares the joy.] But they don't really seem happy together. I suppose they really shouldn't be together.

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[The baby is cute, but Noah can only imagine that all that crying is a sign of discontent. Poor thing... but what Mio says has Noah wondering if there may be some connection between unhappy babies and the unhappy people who care for them.]

No, they shouldn't. Those two men... Their relationship is fraught, but they seem to have some sort of genuine connection that they don't with those two ladies.

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You're both right. They shouldn't be together because they're unhappy.

[ And take that as a lesson, you two. Don't be with anyone who doesn't make you happy! Another fun lesson from Kurapika, who has no experience with relationships.

He turns his gaze towards Noah. ]

It's incompatibility due to their sexuality. On a base level, they aren't attracted to the women they're with.

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[When do we get Kurapika telling us it's "human nature," hm? Mio nods.] It makes perfect sense that someone would feel that way only for certain people.

[She's not avoiding looking at the screen so much as she's avoiding looking at the faces of other people in the room, only stealing a couple of long-sided glances that she quickly retracts.] At the very least, wanting something you'll never be able to have... I understand that much.