002 Study Groups

[kinships]

[A: Private to Abel]

[Enough was enough. His chest hurt with the last couple of weeks, knowing his brother was here and yet being alone all the same. It wasn't right, it was painful to endure, and he had come to the end of his patience with it. He thought Abel would seek him out; after all, he was apparently the elder now and with all the

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[custodismundi]

[Abel finds himself startled from the truly inspired task of listening (read: zoning off) to the phone lines by his brother's voice. the priest gives an awkward little jump, almost fumbling the receiver before finally clicking it back down on the hook with a seemingly guilty and sheepish smile, as if he'd been caught doing something he shouldn't... then again, just about everything felt 'wrong' when it came to his little... big brother.

he pushes glasses up his nose and offers a tentative smile, politely friendly as ever. this isn't awkward, no. no! not at all. this is how things have always been or something. yes. totally.]

Ah-- Cain? Is everything okay?

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[kinships]

[That guilty look and tentative smile were all wrong, alien expressions on his brother's face, and combined with the forced friendly politeness, it was... just wrong.]

No. You know it's not, you can't pretend that you think this is okay. We need to... it can't go on like this.

[custodismundi]

[...ah.

the smile began to slip from his face, at that. his brother had seemed -- not content, but... placated, by their mutual and silent reservation to keeping their distances and walking on eggshells around each other. it was... wrong; of course it was wrong.

but so many things were, when it came to all of this. when it came to... Cain and Abel.]

...

[kinships]

[Slipping properly into the room, he came to take a seat on a chair opposite his brother, piercing blue meeting identical eyes as though to look right through him and see the truth.]

Why didn't you come to me? Are you really happier without us talking?

[It hurt to even ask that question.]

B

[brbgoing2russia]

...Wait, no, seriously? You want to have school. Outside of school.

You're joking.

B

[kinships]

Why would I be joking? There's so much to learn, and the curriculum only teaches certain things.

[brbgoing2russia]

Most people don't dig school, that's all.

[kinships]

Why not? Learning is essential for later life.

[It sounds like something he's been told so often he now believes it's true.]