七 - qī

[getsomesleep]

[The words are written in haste, a note made while distracted.]

They are hints; and unclear as they are, we should be grateful for the knowing.

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[apileofrocks.livejournal.com]

The tattoos are hints? To our pasts?

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Or perhaps to our natures.

[lingeringlegacy]

Always against the tides.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Not by design.

[iattractmushi]

If I knew what mine meant, I might be more grateful.

[Slight pause while he examines the design on the backs of his hands again.]

Then again, maybe not.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Copy them down. The piece of the puzzle may fall into place later on.

[sumi-eight.livejournal.com]

Every bit of information brings us closer to understanding ourselves and our pasts.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

It remains to wonder whether all of us wish to understand.

[mythgravenblade.livejournal.com]

You believe they tell the truth, then?

[He does too. He just doesn't like that he's drawn that conclusion.]

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

One truth, at least, yes. I do believe so.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

They say what some of us know, and state what the world should NOT.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Who are we to say as much?

[of-mindelan.livejournal.com]

Mine don't seem all that subtle.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Then it may be that you should be more grateful than most.

[heretic-hamlet.livejournal.com]

Pride itself be damned! I'd sooner be told my crime outright than have it whispered in half-truths and riddles.

To ponder what they could mean... It staggers the imagination. My gorge rises at it.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

It does one no harm, and indeed may do much good, to sometimes contemplate one's faults. To turn away is pitiful.

[enchainement.livejournal.com]

straightforward^enough

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Some have it easier than others.

[sosrsithurts.livejournal.com]

[After reading all this:]

I don't know. [...] Mine's pretty.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

There is no reason to think that all of us hide some baser nature.

[notpissedoff]

You can be grateful all you want. Some of us could do without the hints.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

As I have said to Reed-xiānshēng: it is shameful to be blind to one's faults.

[redhead-rabbit.livejournal.com]

[ curious Bookman is curious ]

Hm.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Is something on your mind?

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

As things stand, I could do with a little more subtlety.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

I suppose the public nature of our predicament is intentional.