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[ukan]

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[ukan]

"Because it's the only thing that makes life." Not life worth living; that's too subjective. "I refuse to be stagnant. I refuse to stop. Knowledge makes change and change makes life evolve and I refuse to stand aside and not be part of it."

[epistemological]

And Jon lets go of it, lets his head drop back as his eyes close, all of them.

"...well," he says after a minute or two, sounding a little mindblown, "there you- there you go."

[ukan]

What Lark feels is a flood of relief, as sudden and all-cleansing as the sort of flash floods that roar through the canyons in the desert.

"Shit," he says, marveling.

[epistemological]

"...I feel it would be a bit tasteless to ask for a cigarette, but the thought crossed my mind."

But he can't help that he's... well, he's smiling a little. He can see that Lark is better for this, for knowing this, that he helped. Those moments feel so few and far between.

[ukan]

Lark laughs. "Then I won't ask if it was good for you, too." He glances Jon over. "And it seems superfluous to ask if you're okay but I will anyway."

[epistemological]

"It didn't- I didn't get anything from that in the- in that way," he admits with a softer sort of smile. "It doesn't really like being helpful. But... I was able to help someone I- someone I care about. A great deal."

He will wave off anything more exact than that.

"There's something to be said for the more, uh, holistic benefits, I guess."

[ukan]

He stretches out, feeling more relaxed than he has in years. "There is. I just wish more could be done for you."

[epistemological]

“Hopefully,” he says with a deep breath in, “I’ll be able to do something soon enough. Something definitive.”

[ukan]

Lark nods. Here, there's always an option, even if there's something to sacrifice that might sour it. "You'll tell me if I can help?"

[epistemological]

He looks down at his leg.

“I believe I just did,” he says with a quick grin.

[ukan]

"I'll need to check in on Martin in a few weeks, make sure he doesn't plan on snapping Alec's leg in a bear trap to make things even," he teases.

[epistemological]

"...I wish I could say with certainty he wouldn't, but he is rather protective."

He's also kidding. Like... 99% kidding.

[ukan]

"It's always the quiet ones," he smirks. "Do you want me to wait with you until he gets home?"

[epistemological]

"Your company is always welcome, but I think it might be best if I see you at the library. Let me explain things to him."