[ Midnight thinks, then sips his drink dry, reaches down to refill his own glass (and hers as well, should she need some topping off. ]
Well, I won't deny that I made my fortune on the endeavor.
[ Sold the whole thing away, too. She doesn't need to know that part, though. ]
But... Even when I progressed to the next stage of my life, I kept going back to the same habits, the same conversations, the same greetings. I've always made the happiness of others my first priority, my first happiness. It's easier for me to live that way.
[ Mostly true, but he certainly did avoid any mention of his dreams, or whether it's an escape. For the former, it's simply because on its face, it's simple: he wants to be happy. For the latter... that's complex, isn't it? Suffice to say that living this way, for him, isn't actually easy. It's just better than the alternative... But the topic of his humanity certainly isn't the topic. It's the new year, after all, and this child is so young and sweet. These things are what an adult keeps to himself in favor of the promise of a new year. ]
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[ Midnight thinks, then sips his drink dry, reaches down to refill his own glass (and hers as well, should she need some topping off. ]
Well, I won't deny that I made my fortune on the endeavor.
[ Sold the whole thing away, too. She doesn't need to know that part, though. ]
But... Even when I progressed to the next stage of my life, I kept going back to the same habits, the same conversations, the same greetings. I've always made the happiness of others my first priority, my first happiness. It's easier for me to live that way.
[ Mostly true, but he certainly did avoid any mention of his dreams, or whether it's an escape. For the former, it's simply because on its face, it's simple: he wants to be happy. For the latter... that's complex, isn't it? Suffice to say that living this way, for him, isn't actually easy. It's just better than the alternative... But the topic of his humanity certainly isn't the topic. It's the new year, after all, and this child is so young and sweet. These things are what an adult keeps to himself in favor of the promise of a new year. ]