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[absinthe_eyed]

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Asters.  More specifically, these are Eurybia divaricata, or white wood asters.  They flower in mid to late summer and early fall and are, to some, a symbol of patience.  It takes approximately two years for an aster to flower fully, as this one has.

This was the second plant I had in the City.  The

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[citadelspirit]

And what do eyes have to do with a life?

[absinthe_eyed]

I'm willing to pay my debt without questioning it.

That, and my debtor apparently eats eyes.

[citadelspirit]

I suppose that is a valid answer. Eyes it is.

One of the blasphemers, then, presumably?

[absinthe_eyed]

Blasphemers?

Someone who doesn't care for the deities, anyway.

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[valentineluke]

*wants to know what all this eye business is about*

Neither does this one!

[absinthe_eyed]

*doesn't trust Luke as far as he could throw him--ie, not far--but rarely refuses to answer questions*

[dreamsofnoah]

Is that your way of saying you like it here now, Justin?

[absinthe_eyed]

In a way. It's better than the alternatives.

[dreamsofnoah]

That's because anything is better than nothing.

[absinthe_eyed]

Not always.

[mad_here]

...you're just a ray of optimism, aren't you.

[absinthe_eyed]

Absolutely not.

[moresake]

That seems rather cheap.

[o_tea_p]

I quite agree.

[moresake]

There is no equivalent price for life where I come from, and even after all this time I find it disconcerting.

[o_tea_p]

I think in any world, life is a priceless gift.