25th rebirth [RL with Russia; forward-dated to, uh, idek]

[dormition]

[It was some days after Ivan's post that it occurred to Minato that he might not be posting simply because he couldn't. So, armed with a laptop - something that had cost him the last of his funds from his job with Kanzeon, who had disappeared from the community, a fact he in turn had kept from his friends - he made his way to Stalingrad

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[dormition]

[Calmly. They're still walking.]

I'm your friend. I'd try.

[insovietme]

Sometimes, trying is not enough.

[It's never enough. So he will try harder. But it won't be enough. It's never enough.]

My Boss won't like it.

[dormition]

[Looking at him now.]

I know. I can wait for your next boss.

[insovietme]

That may take some time.

[Maybe a lifetime. But he looks at Minato, just the same.]

[dormition]

I can wait. And... [his voice drops, even though he's been speaking in Japanese all along] He dies in 1953.

[There's no need to state who he's talking about. Would be dangerous, in fact.]