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[ourtomorrow]

My name is Ken. I need a job and a roommate.

[ ...that's it, right? Those were the first steps recommended to him, and they make sense. If this world can only be saved by people touching, then first Ken has to find people he's comfortable enough around to touch. He needs to form relationships.

He has no idea how. But he has to.

The world depends on him. ]

Thank you.

[ ....incidentally, anyone walking by Ainea's temple might notice a kid sitting outside of it, absently yet intently people-watching. ]

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[shroudedsecrets]

[ One sometimes only becomes "wise" because of the eventual learning from prior experience, not because they avoided it entirely. He "wised up" because he had people close to him able to make him see reality instead of spiraling further out of control, and uses that to pave his future.

It's a complicated word, 'wise', as she so often wilts similarly when others try to apply it to herself, as it can feel an unearned description when one attributes so much personally to the others around them instead, leaving the disasters as their own merits. ]

... Of course. You need not thank me for an observation. Although if it comes up that you're... looking for assistance in other ways, or face another uncertainty, you are more than welcome to ask.

[ourtomorrow]

I will.

[ He almost uses an exclamation point but that looks too bold, so he fixes the text before sending it. He's doing all right here, isn't he? He's met some very kind people, and...

....


Well, he can work up to holding hands with them. ]