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[ananym]

I'm making up for lost time.

[estrangements]

An, that’s it, huh?

[ananym]

Is there something wrong with that?

[estrangements]

Didn’t say there was. But make sure you pass it along to Trevor.

[ananym]

It's not the same.

[estrangements]

What isn’t?

[ananym]

. . . Never mind.

I'll let him know.

[estrangements]

Come on now. Don’t think you can get out of this that easy.

[ananym]

I'm hardly trying to get out of anything.

[estrangements]

Then?

[ananym]

As I said, it's different.

I spent my time with Trevor Belmont. Right up to the end.

[estrangements]

Ah.

( he gives a thoughtful pause at that. )

Is it difficult? To see him and have him like this again? I imagine it would be.

( if lydie were here… )

[ananym]

It makes me uneasy at times. That something like this should occur to me.

But I suppose I don't regret it either.

[estrangements]

No. I don’t imagine you would. Not sure anyone who has lost someone would.

[ananym]

It is never about the loss.

But the love.

[estrangements]

( could he handle seeing lydie again? or maxim? the two people he had loved so much before he failed them and had been unable to protect them. and julia… if she were to show up here, would it merely be seen as cruel by this place? to give to him the people he’s loved and lost and have them simply be on borrowed time. he can’t say he hasn’t thought about it since his finding himself here, but. well. that would involve a belmont being honest with that which they keep to themselves, now, wouldn’t it. )

Your heart’s stronger than mine.

[ananym]

[ there's a hint of a smile in his voice. ]

I've had more practice. There was a time I also came to my lowest point. At the bottom of a bottle.

[estrangements]

Now that sounds like a fine idea.

( always for a belmont. well. maybe not richter, but. )

[ananym]

Yes, I'm aware of the Belmont predilection for booze.

[estrangements]

I suppose some things don’t skip a generation.

[ananym]

It does seem annoyingly consistent.