27. Maybe I'll sleep inside my coat and/Wait on your porch til you come back home

[pompous_today]

My sister, River Tam, has left Paradisa again.

Thank you once more to everyone who was kind to her. It means a lot to both of us.

[And he's just going to leave it there because he's feeling pretty dead inside.]

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Simon

[putuporshutup]

I didn't know her, but I'm sorry she left.

[She pauses a beat, hesitant to open up - but this was Simon, after all. He'd both helped and comforted her, and now it seems they've got something in common.]

Cas is gone, too.

Meg

[pompous_today]

[A soft sigh can be heard on the other end.]

I am sorry to hear that, as well. I'd like to give some sort of consolation, but I know nothing can really help it feel any better.

Simon

[putuporshutup]

[Have a matching sigh, man. A genuinely heavy, depressed sigh.]

Yeah, you're preachin' to the choir. I fell apart and now everything is just... numb.

Was she your only family?

Meg

[pompous_today]

Yes. That's exactly how I feel right now, actually.

She is. This is the third time she has come and gone in the time that I have been here.

Simon

[putuporshutup]

I'm so sorry. I wish I knew what to say to help, but... nothing really helps.

Meg

[pompous_today]

Nothing but time, unfortunately. And the knowledge that time is frozen back home, at least.

dictated;

[freeslider]

I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to meet her.

dictated;

[pompous_today]

You would have gotten along, I think. Maybe she will come back and you will get a chance to.

[Simon wasn't really hopeful about that prospect right now, but oh well.]

dictated;

[freeslider]

Anything's possible. Is there anything I can do?

dictated;

[pompous_today]

This is the third time she has come and gone, so who knows?

I will be fine. [Not immediately, but he will be.] Thank you.

dictated;

[freeslider]

It's never easy...to see your family and friends and know it's only going to be for a little while. I know what that's like.

dictated;

[pompous_today]

It feels like a revolving door sometimes, yes. Like the castle is just trying to torment me...

dictated;

[freeslider]

Not just you, I'm sure but...yeah...

Just...try not to let it get to you. I know that's asking for a lot, but you don't have to be miserable forever.

[written]

[defyingfrigidity]

[... Oh.

Elsa may not know Simon that well yet. She may have never met his sister. But she knows the pain of losing a sister, so this entry resonates strongly with her.]

I'm so very sorry to hear that.

[pompous_today]

Thank you, Majesty. River was... River is one of the most precious people in the world to me. I know she is at least safe back home, but... I dislike being separated from her, too.

[defyingfrigidity]

[... Yep. Definitely an understanding here.]

I understand how you feel. Anna... she's my whole world. I don't know what I'd do without her.

[That's sort of a lie. She does know what she'd do if she thought Anna was gone forever; collapse to the ground in grief and completely give up on life. But she won't mention that.]

This sort of separation... it can be unbearable.

[pompous_today]

It is. We were separated once before, and once we found each other again... it's hard to let go. She has been here and gone three times now, but each time it feels as though it is a new, awful pain.

[defyingfrigidity]

... If it's not too intrusive of me to ask, what happened that caused you two to be separated?

[pompous_today]

It is a long story. I had to rescue her from people who wished to do her harm.

voice;

[peacockherald]

I am sorry, Simon.

Will you be all right?

_{[ Though he can imagine the loss. He will always remember how he had felt when Tylendel left him. It felt like there was nothing left inside, that there never would be again. ]}

voice;

[pompous_today]

I will be eventually. I have been trying to keep busy...

Re: voice;

[peacockherald]

That's good.

If you want further distraction, I am always happy for company on horseback rides.

voice;

[pompous_today]

I think that would do me good. [Getting away from reminders of his pain is always nice.] Thank you.

Re: voice;

[peacockherald]

Of course, Simon. What are friends for in hours such as these?

[pompous_today]

I am grateful to have them. It truly does help.