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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[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

And when the signs are familiar but what they imply turns their meaning on its head?

[Shh, we are totally talking in generalities here.]

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

There is no contradiction. The same language can be used to say many things.

[/generalizes harder.]

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

That's to be expected, I'd say, considering all our origins. But certain signs still mean certain things to each of us.

[This is all becoming a respectable amount of words used to say next to nothing.]

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

[After a brief pause.]

There are meanings that are known to all, and thus would be known to us no matter how little of our own lives we recall; and there are meanings that are particular to our circumstances. Having the former in mind, we think our understanding is complete, but in fact that is an illusion.

[There's a lot they're both trying to dodge, after all.]

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

That's very good advice and very poor consolation, my friend.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

It is inescapable.

[Read: Tell me about it.]

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

So maybe weathering this is enough, for now.