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[d33tached]

Given what you've experienced in this world, would you return to your own if given the choice?

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[d33tached]

What traits, then, do you suppose your ideal world might possess?

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[am_i_a_monster]

Freedom. Safety. An ability to travel anywhere instantly. Cute pets. Good food. Art. Music.

[And Hannibal strangely enough, but she won't type that.]

[d33tached]

[Better that she doesn't, what with his reaction the last time they spoke of Hannibal.]

I see.

I wasn't aware that travel was something you were particularly interested in, Abigail.

[It's an interesting choice, he thinks, as far as traits of an ideal world go.]

I suppose you must find the use of the porter to be quite convenient, then.

That that allows us to travel between the Porter cities, that is.

[am_i_a_monster]

I do. I've been to all the porter cities since I've been here.
I wish I could go to more places, anywhere in the world.

[d33tached]

As have I and most of the other ImPorts, I would venture to guess.

Even without the use of the porter, with clearance from the government, I suppose you would be allowed to travel to most any place in this world.

Then again, I do understand that doing so would be much easier said than done.

Where do you suppose you would like to go?

[am_i_a_monster]

I'd go to Italy and see the Norman chapel in Palermo.

What about you?

[d33tached]

I haven't thought about it.

I, myself, have little interest in traveling. I am perfectly content to stay within the Porter cities.

Tell me more about this "Normal chapel".

[am_i_a_monster]

I think about travelling a lot. It makes me feel less trapped.

The Norman chapel is beautiful, like it's made out of art. It's full of mosaics. There's a painted wooden ceiling and painted floors. Lots of sculptures. It's Christian, but it was built by people of different faiths and cultures, so it looks really different from other chapels.

[d33tached]

[Well, it's religious, so:]

I am afraid that I have little interest in such things.

[am_i_a_monster]

You don't like art?

[d33tached]

I suppose that I am rather inexperienced in the matter, but I do know that I have very little interest in any religious dealings.

[Foolishness, D33 thinks.]

[am_i_a_monster]

[She smiles slightly, reminded of Hannibal's views on religion.]

A lot of old art is influenced by religion though. Would you visit a gallery?

[d33tached]

As I've said, I have little interest in things influenced by concepts as foolish as religion regardless of where I might find them.

[am_i_a_monster]

You'll have a very limited life if you block out anything foolish.

[d33tached]

So be it, then.

[He doesn't care how "limited" his life might be. D33 does not and will not do religion.

[Ever.

[Just don't tell him that most of the classical compositions he likes to listen to aren't secular.]

[am_i_a_monster]

Guess I won't be able to talk you into running barefoot through sprinklers next summer.

[d33tached]

That sounds ridiculous.

[So, no. Probably not. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.]

[am_i_a_monster]

And fun. And a good way to cool off.

[d33tached]

[D33 knows little of fun and he almost says so, but even he can understand how pathetic that probably sounds.]

We are hardly in need of such a thing given the season.

[Stick to hot chocolate and sweaters for now - D33 loves those things, at least.]

To look so far ahead into the future hardly makes sense anyway.

[am_i_a_monster]

Ugly sweaters and snowball fights then.

I know it's hard to think of having a future. But at least it's possible here, you know?

[d33tached]

It is only possible until the Porter decides that our purpose in this world has been served.

[Also, why wear a sweater if it's ugly?]

[am_i_a_monster]

I don't know if I have a purpose. I'm not even sure if I want one. I just want to have a life. Maybe that's enough of a purpose for them.

[d33tached]

I find that to be highly doubtful.

[Forever a pessimist.]

[am_i_a_monster]

I'm still here.

[d33tached]

For now.