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[aojona]

[ The feed on the screen today displays both a strange sight and from a strange angle; it appears to be a view from the top of a building in Heropa (from what other scenery suggests), angled in such a way to capture an alleyway -- and the walls that frame it -- below.

On the ground there's a yellow spray-painted silhouette of a woman, her hair a wild, spiraling cloud that also spreads over part of the walls; in the shapes of her hair appear numerous eyes, painted in green, an there are red poppies growing from the ground precisely where her face would be.

Also, the camera is being held upside down.

Pablo himself doesn't speak immediately, although the view on the screen shifts a little as he moves the arm holding the communicator, giving a glimpse of the fire escape that he's lying on. ]

I found that here this morning. [ Almost definitely his doing, but he doesn't remember doing it. ] It reminds me of my sister, actually -- it's her birthday today.

[ His twin sister, if he's mentioned her. ]

We haven't seen each other in a few years, but I uh, I always try to do something anyway... I think it's nice to have rituals like that, you know? Um, or in general. But I think it can help, like, keep people close to you even when they're not. Does anyone else have those?

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[aojona]

Yeah. Staying connected to people is always pretty important... um, well, at least to me it is. I guess everybody probably has different reasons for why they have theirs.

[exceptfebruary]

A multitude, no doubt. Tradition, repetition, they enforce what's there. To revisit a date is to strengthen its meaning. Whether that is a connection, a memory, or something else.

[aojona]

[ He considers that. ]

I guess I never really thought about it like that. I feel like, um-- the date might remind you to take the time out to remember someone, but it's what you do that's important. You know, uh... the connection, more than the day.

[exceptfebruary]

But how do you keep the connection without the reminder? Unless you make it a daily routine.

[aojona]

Well, it depends. I mean, some are gonna be more date-specific, like birthdays, but-- like, the ritual itself is still about the person, you know? Or the tradition.

[exceptfebruary]

I don't know if I agree. It's all twined together. Inseparable. Like a never-ending cycle with no beginning or end.

[aojona]

Well, it's fine-- you don't have to. [ Agree, that is. ] There's not really just one way to look at it, you know? The world works in different ways for different people.