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[monster_san]

[A FOR EFFORT CONNIE... she'd remark on it, but he doesn't sound very happy so she'll forgo the gentle teasing.]

I'm not. What can I do for you, Connie-san?

[springintoaction]

Hah. I'm feeling really useless. Would you mind helping me train some more? It can be with the weird ass powers I gained or swords. Though I don't know how I'd do against a sword as big as yours.

[Seriously Fuu. That thing is bigger than HIM.]

[monster_san]

[oh no :( DON'T FEEL USELESS CONNIE THAT MAKES HER SAD.]

I'm always happy to spar--truthfully I haven't had much formal training in swordplay, so that would help me as well. [cause when your sword IS bigger than you and... most people... you kind of don't need so much training. but she'd prefer to have it.] You're far from useless.

[springintoaction]

I am a freakin' genius. [So yes, he agrees he is far from useless. What is this modesty. Still-- a pause.] But there are a lot of things back where I come from I want to finish. And if people smarter than me have been here for years and couldn't find a way to send us back there's probably no way I can do it.

[PROBABLY.]

I don't want to give up and just live here instead. If I don't go back who's going to take care of my mom?

[Sure, she's a titan now, chained up and kept immobile so she can't eat anyone. But... But she's still his mom. He wants to save her. And the rest of humanity. He hasn't forgotten that hope filled send off they'd received before leaving to retake Wall Maria. He really can't just "live" here.]

[monster_san]

[ah... yes. She had a similar conversation recently with another newcomer.]

Well... strange as it sounds, time passes differently here than at home. You would return at the moment you left, without having left anyone in the lurch. [She presses her fingers to her lips, thinking about how Utena worried about forgetting her friend.] They do quite a lot to make us feel at home. But it's hard to forget about the things you were in the middle of. People who are here for years do grow and they may think differently than if they'd grown at home, but I don't believe that means they stop worrying about where they came from.