returninghope | Regret 009; [Written]

[A message appears in the journal, first a series of crossed out words and intelligible scribbles, then a harshly scrawled question. Someone seems to be having trouble finding the right words to express themselves today.]

~~What do you all do to- What happens when--~~

What do you do to take your mind off something? What are you supposed to do when there's something you just can't stop thinking about?

~~If there's any way to beat it out of me, that works too.~~

[Zan'nen's frown deepened. Such a stupid question, but the emptiness of his house was really weighing on his mind. The loss of his roommate, and everyone talking about being sent home and disappearing only made it more apparent. The kid he lived with was always so nervous, how the hell was he supposed to know if he was okay out there? Back on his world? Why wasn't their a way to find out?]

Also, I'd like to know who's still around that recognizes me, if anyone. I was gone for a while. So, hello to the rest of you too, I suppose. Anything major change recently I should know about?

[...]

That's it I guess.

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[And that fact may make it hard to recognize him.]

Well, I said something because I didn't want to specify a particular sort.

Sometimes you just need to think about things.

Well, it's more [Pause.] things you can't do anything about. Things you can't change right now.

[ That's different, then. 8| ]

Guess you can try doing something else that you need to focus on.

That's the problem. I really don't have anything else I should be doing, so I just wind up dwelling on things I shouldn't.

So train, or... [ crap, what do people who aren't fighters do in their free time? ] --draw, or something.

Drawing, huh? Do you draw?

No. [ He pauses. ] I had a friend who really liked drawing, though... It's something to try.

Was this friend good? [He seriously doubted his artistic ability, but this guy was right--it was something to try.]

I always thought so. But I wouldn't really know.

[ He's actually slowly flipping through the sketchbook right now. ]

Well, if you like them then that should be good enough, right?

Yeah.

Look, it's a suggestion. You don't need to follow it.