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[daemonized]

ARDYN IZUNIA

Ardyn Izunia. Professor of law. Lord of law. Liege of law. The one grading your papers. Leave a message.

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[daemonized]

It can't keep me up at night if I already have trouble falling asleep at a decent hour.

[He jokes, but Ardyn also realizes that's just a fancy way of skirting around the question. And so:]

But of course I worry about it. There is little that concerns me more, the inability to not be quite enough to help those around me, made more prevalent by the very nature of these powers.

[Just ask his nightmares from this month.]

[anguinous]

That is why I ask questions. I worry about not knowing what to do. Since I have no ability to fight, to use magic. I can only answer questions, and hope I give the right answer.

[ Should we fight? Should we run? Can we do this? What should we do? Laurent hopes he never gives the wrong answer.]

[daemonized]

Trying to help others understand exactly what it is that Retrospec has granted them, you mean? An admirable task set before you, even if it is a rather overwhelming one, I imagine.

Has something specifically been on your mind?

[Spurring on questions at 4 in the morning.]

[anguinous]

Not just that.

[ Trying to help anyone with anything at all. Laurent is a problem solver by nature. He likes to organise, to manage. He likes to understand. ]

But I suppose yes, something is. That is generally what keeps people awake at this hour, is something on your mind too? You appear to be just as awake.

[daemonized]

I often have trouble sleeping well. Tonight is just a particularly bad example of what's plagued me for years, and it isn't always related to thoughts being pervasive in my mind.

[Some might even call it mild insomnia.]

Tell me what's bothering you.

[anguinous]

[ Excuse me Ardyn, Laurent was clearly trying to make this about you instead of him! ]

It's a list longer than can fit into a text message.

[ Sorry, he didn't invent character limits. ]

[daemonized]

[This is what Ardyn does best! Turning his concerns around to other people!]

I've time for it. An excuse for me to make myself a cup of coffee.

[anguinous]

[ Ardyn is almost as stubborn as he is, it seems. Maybe more so. A battle of wits it is, who can deflect the longest? ]

If you have trouble sleeping surely coffee will not help? If you are inclined to drink it at 4am I think I see where your issues come from.

[daemonized]

[Ardyn canshuffle around deflections all night, they'll be here for awhile.]

I was already fated to not sleep, and therefore the coffee is just here to aid me in my sorrows. And so that I can continue this conversation with the clearest, caffeinated head.

[anguinous]

[ This is indeed fierce competition. ]

Well far be it for me to add to your sorrows with a lengthy list.

[daemonized]

What's a few more sorrows, when the list has already reached a certain length? Do share.

[anguinous]

[ Determination equal to a bloodhound. Laurent engages evasive manoeuvres: ]

I was having trouble sleeping. It's a fairly common affliction, one you have yourself.

[ What happened to that long list, Laurent. ]

[daemonized]

[Well, there's always the Direct Attack:]

Didn't you just say there are several things on your mind? Tell me. What else have you to do at this hour?

[anguinous]

[ Certainly not sleep at this rate. ]

Several things keeping me from sleeping, yes. Are you offering to analyse my dreams?

[daemonized]

I can certainly make an effort if you describe them to me.

[anguinous]

[ ... Well he didn't expect you to say yes. Who even offers to try and analyse a strangers dreams?

He supposes this is why Faolan likes this person. They're insufferably patient and wry. ]

I don't think there's much symbolism to analysed, unfortunately. I suspect they're memories.

[daemonized]

Even more trouble, for memories give us far more to lose sleep over as time moves on.

[He would know, truly.]

What is it that you remember?

[anguinous]

[ On the one hand, Laurent doesn't really want to talk about this. On the other, people always say admitting a fear helps alleviate it. That, and talking around it forever won't really work. He can at least make a concession: ]

Nothing pleasant. It appears I had enemies who wished me harm. I suppose I might still have.

[daemonized]

What sort of enemies? And why do you believe this may still apply?

[It's understandable, to be fearful of it. But he's not alone in it, for there have been many people here who have had memories of conflict and strife.]

[anguinous]

Because at least one of them exists in this world. The other, well, I've never met but that doesn't mean they don't.

[daemonized]

Really?

[Well, that's a bit more worrying, if only because of his growing anxieties that he believes the same might come to be true for him... someday. His emotions towards those from his "old" world do not bode well, at any rate.]

Have you confronted them about it?

[anguinous]

You want me to tell someone I had dreams they hired a man to kidnap and kill me and ask how they feel about it?

[daemonized]

Is this someone also on Retrospec?

[anguinous]

Not at the moment, at least not that I know.

[daemonized]

I see.

[Then that is a little more difficult.]

Then perhaps that's for the best, if they remain oblivious. A surefire way of knowing if they suddenly become a user of Retrospec is to merely check the app.

[But, ah, he wonders how much that actually helps.]

Know you're not alone in these memories bringing doubt and uncertainty. I've experienced my fair share as well. Keeping it to yourself does little good in the end.

[h y p o c r i t e there are a select few he refuses to tell.]