somethingrevolutionary | IC Contact [Folkmore]

[ Mel takes a moment, a short one, to feel the overwhelming sadness and anticipatory sense of loss. She doesn't know if she could handle Steven, Layla, and Marc leaving right now. It isn't fair to them, if it's what they want, so she doesn't say anything to that effect. She's glad they're having this conversation over the relic and not in person. ]

I would miss you too. It is a shame that we cannot have the best of all worlds. I will be happy for you all then if you leave and return home.

Having the choice is crucial, I think. People who want to stay should be able to stay, and vice versa.

[ Mel swallows back all her emotions because... ] You're right. People should. I still have more I can learn here so that I can do better back home. I want to stay for now. Until I'm ready.

Then you should be given that choice. Taking that one thing away from us is mostly why I don't like Thirteen.

I'm sorry, I hadn't meant for this conversation to go down this path!

It would have been nice to leave at the same time as Jayce, whenever that was. Yet I still don't want to leave Folkmore just yet, before I've learned all I can.

I understand, both why you dislike her and how the conversation trailed this way. I don't regret it because talking about things that matter makes for deeper friendships even when it touches on the hard things.

I admittedly feel spoiled having the people I care about most from home here. I fear waking up one day and learning I've been left behind, but then I remind myself there's others here who care about me too, friends and neighbours who would be there for me. We're here for you too.

If that is what being spoiled means, we should all of us be spoiled. I did not live in fear of it because I thought we were all progressing together, that we were better here together. I—

Perhaps that was foolish. However, I am more grateful than ever for all of you here who are helping me. I have never been one who could claim to have many friends, yet in Folkmore I have at least a few.

I don't think it's foolish, love. There has to be a reason we're all here and I think it's normal to try to rationalise it when we're stuck as we are. We're in it together after all.

I am glad to have met you, Mel. I don't have many friends at all back home either but this place has changed that, and I'm grateful for that much too.

It may be normal to rationalize it, but I rely on my mind to accomplish things. I should recognize when something is logical and when it is only a rationalization. There remains so much we don't understand about Folkmore and Thirteen. I must respect that.

New place give us a fresh start it can be hard to find at home.

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