[failed lock]

[embersandashes]

Five years, two months, twenty-nine days.

Four years, five months, six days.

Four years, four months, four days.

Four years, three months, seven days.

Four years, twenty-six days.

Three years, ten months, twenty-seven days.

Three years, three months, twenty-five days.

Two years, seven months.

Two years, two months.

Nine months, six days.

Comments

[tenminutes]

Those are some nice increments of time you've got there.

[embersandashes]

... It's been some time since one of my locks failed.

[tenminutes]

Want a party for it?

[embersandashes]

I'm not complaining, I'm simply commenting.

[tenminutes]

And I was joking, but that's okay.

[embersandashes]

You never know.

I'm not going to say what they are, so I wouldn't bother asking if I were you.

[tenminutes]

I didn't bother asking. If I was going to ask I would've already. I assume that you're keeping track of how long it's been since something happened that's important to you like viruses or people you cared about leaving the community.

Or possibly some kind of weird math to predict how long it'll be until you get better at math.

[ She really has no idea. ]

[embersandashes]

You had it right the first time. My math is already very good.

[tenminutes]

I figured it was something like that.

[ After all, Azula had always been the number one proponent of her not screwing with the community just in case because of her important people. Yuri could understand that now a lot more than she had then. ]

Important people then?

[embersandashes]

A few of them. Dates of people leaving.

[tenminutes]

Sorry. There are some important people to me that aren't around anymore either, even if I haven't really kept track of the times.

[ She's gotten pretty bad at time from living in places where time doesn't even really pass. ]

[embersandashes]

You've been here for a long time too, haven't you? Not as long as I have, but at least a couple of years.

[tenminutes]

A little over two years, I think.

[ She's not 100% sure. She's never really exactly sure. After you stop aging and stop having to worry about time it gets harder to keep track of it. ]

[embersandashes]

And do you want to stay? Or would you leave this place behind if you could?

[tenminutes]

As long as I'm around, I want to stick with it.

[embersandashes]

I feel the same.

[anothersoul]

That's an odd series of dates.

[embersandashes]

It's not a series of dates, it's a series of time increments.

[anothersoul]

Well, yes, I suppose it is.

[embersandashes]

I suppose I could have done the dates instead.

[anothersoul]

Either way, what do those days have in common?

[embersandashes]

They're important events in my life, for better or for worse.

[anothersoul]

Ah. I see, then. It must be important for you to chronicle them, then.

[embersandashes]

It's important to remember. I suppose the exact times don't matter as much.

[anothersoul]

If the events are important then... Yes. I suppose it would be important to remember.

[embersandashes]

I wouldn't make an effort to remember dates that were unimportant.

[anothersoul]

It would be incredibly inefficient, yes.

[embersandashes]

Or pointless, rather.

[anothersoul]

It could be both.