十 三 ; shí sān

[getsomesleep]

This is unexpected.

Comments

/philosophy teasing get!

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

So you are of the opinion that ends justify means?

/amused comebacks get

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

If the goal is worthy enough. You had no say in your fate, though, I gather? That might change the slant of things.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Alas, no; here I am, taken unknowing, and far from the only one. I wonder how they plan to persuade all of us to give the bidders the time they buy.

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

I reckon the goodness of your heart and the rightness of their cause comes into play at that point. I don't know this custom, but it seems familiar to some, and they take it lightly enough.

Is it an unpleasant thought, then?

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

If this is the custom, what can any of us do? But no, it's unanticipated - I cannot tell what I have to offer that is of such monetary worth - but not unpleasant.

[There's a pause before he writes the next line, and he blots it out completely a moment later.]

Barring Tian's presence on the list, of course.

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

Refuse, I suppose. Not that I should talk, maybe, since I'm not on the list.

If someone finds your time worth their investment, maybe it's proper to discuss the use of that time with them, then.

[Long pause. Then hasty writing, dashed almost at once.]

It feels sacrilegious, even if he gave his leave. Truth to tell, I'm just not thinking about it. Even if you'd advise otherwise, I know.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

I confess that I have no idea how they've gone about choosing their 'victims'. Perhaps it has to do with whose pictures they were able to take, but then perhaps they thought me easy prey. It does seem ungracious to refuse.

[Yeah we're gonna keep crossing out stuff.]

Not thinking is never advisable, but we should not discuss this here.

[crimson-seeker.livejournal.com]

It does seem a strategy that would work better on you than some individuals I might name, on account of good manners alone, my friend. Maybe it's better to consider it not a hardship but an opportunity? One is rarely worse off for new friends, after all.

I agree. When we meet next, then.