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[swornto]

So~ How hard is to live alone here?

It seems like I'm just a bother at my current place... and really, no helping that! I have sort of been a thorn in their sides for a while now, huh? I'm just causing headaches left and right. Maybe some independence will sort me out and teach me to be less of a hinderance or something?

[And as a vileblood living with a bunch of darkbloods this month, Oz can't shake his paranoid when at home. He's mixed it up with his own identity issues and made a right mess of himself, actually.]

And completely unrelated~ What exactly makes a day your birthday? What if you aren't born like a human? Or didn't even have access to a calendar? Is there a protocol for those situations?

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[danserai]

Okay.

If you had to guess . . . where would you like to begin?

[swornto]

[There's a long pause. Oz has to make a choice now: Does he brush her off like he usually would, or let Ahiru try to help?

It's harder to speak honestly than he remembers it being.]

... My birthday is coming up. But I discovered that the day I was celebrating as my birthday for all of these years was... a terrible day for some people. And not really my birthday.

[Saying it out loud, this concern feels almost trivial. Compared to last month, this should be nothing. Oz can't explain why it weighs so heavily on him all of a sudden.]

[danserai]

[ oh right, birthdays! that's a human thing. she's never had one so she wouldn't know. ]

Maybe you can pick another day? A special day that you like that's not so terrible.

[swornto]

That does seem to be the general consensus, yes. And I suppose I have no reason to rush it. I doubt anyone remembers my old birthday, so it wouldn't be difficult to change the dates.

[Though, that's enough about him! Talking about himself makes Oz feel emotionally claustrophobic somehow. Time to switch gears:]

When is your birthday, Ms Ahiru?

[danserai]

Oh, I . . . don't really have one.

[ ducks don't really keep track of that kind of stuff. ]