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[Oh, that's easy to answer, and so Venat turns her brilliant smile onto him full-force.]

No matter the flaws and fractures in society, mankind remains, in all its forms, itself. Nature is beautiful, and every moment a miracle, without question -- but people are what warm my heart, more than any serene view or vista can.

[Life is worth living, in all its pain and glory. How, then, could she not find wonder wherever she goes?]

Is it comfortable?

[ And there she goes, just proving his point. Maruki shakes his head, not in disagreement but in a fond sort of disbelief. Venat's love of people truly does transcend all else, even her own vast and varied hardships. She's an inspiration, really, for the kind of person Maruki wants to be.

He laces his hands together and folds them behind his head, grinning up at her. ]

Very! You have a knack for creation– though I guess that's not surprising, hah.

[ It's extraordinarily peaceful – looking up through the tall trees at the night sky, surrounded by the bioluminescent plant life, wonderfully silent. ]

I was just trying to get away from my housemate's destructive tendencies, but this is so nice, I might have to come camp here more often.

Now you are starting to understand much of why I do what I do. This moment has never come before and never shall again.

[Venat busies herself setting up their campsite a bit more, making a ring of stones to hold a small fire. Her skills mix the magical and the practical to adapt to whatsoever is at hand, and she looks altogether happy to be doing such again.]

[ Maruki sits back up in the hammock to watch her, half fond at how much she's clearly enjoying it, half feeling more than a bit useless. He plants one foot against the ground and uses it to idly rock the hammock back and forth as he chatters. ]

I think I only ever went camping... once or twice? Both had to have been school trips, so I was fairly young. It's not something that my family would have done for fun, and I can't say I ever sought it out as a recreational activity as an adult... Though I did enjoy traveling to visit various hot springs. That's not the same at all, but it felt calm like this does.

[ And then he hops off, draws closer to the fire, eyes shifting from the flames to the luminescence of the flora back along the path they climbed, then to Venat. No, this moment won't ever come again. ]

Thank you for doing this.

I assure you, the pleasure is mine.

[Roaming the world is valuable and delightful; sharing that experience with a friend all the more so. Rarely has she had good company, in this last long while.]

It is different here, is it not? You already have the feeling of being away from home and in a new, unfamiliar place, so spending a night in a different unfamiliar place is not so strange.

[ It's an interesting point, and a valid one. Maruki finally opens up his satchel to produce the blanket he'd brought and shakes it out to lay on the ground near the fire as he speaks. ]

You're not wrong, but at the same time, it's strange how quickly we can settle into a place and make it feel more familiar. Somnius is nothing like Tokyo, and the castle I live in is nothing like my cramped little apartment–

[ Satchel closed up again, he hangs it from one of the nearby tree branches and grins at her. ]

But it's a little like home already. Ah, but I suppose that's a feeling a homebody like me would cling to – an adventurer like you who won't even settle down in a home, not so much.

[ And a wink, to boot. He's teasing. ~~For now. GIRL YOU'RE GONNA NEED A HOUSE!!~~

Then he settles down onto the blanket and pats the spot next to him. ]

Come on. We can tell a few more stories to pass the time.

If you love everywhere, everywhere is your home.

[There are a couple of places. Dark, dangerous ones, that have an altogether different appeal. The castle, in many places the labyrinth. But here, she can feel comfortable and happy.]

As for stories, well. Perhaps I should relay one about a snowy mountain pass and the avalanche that threatened the nearby village...

[Stories are wondrous ways to take another person to a place they cannot see, and also to return to the places you yourself have been. Delighted by the opportunity to share, Venat takes a seat without hesitation, beginning a tale of adventure and danger and delight.]

[This promises to be the best night she has spent in this world thus far.]

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hehe we can probably wrap on yr reply so it's done before you go on vacation !!

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