013 [action] - backdated to Friday

[tapestodiane]

[Private to France:] How about that coffee? Any time that works for you. (ooc: we could totally skip right to that and tag as if saturday coffee stuff, if you want?)

[And action, after that:] [Basically Cooper is all over the streets of Goldenrod today. He needs a new coat (there’s a nasty-looking tear in the sleeve of the one he’s wearing right now). And a suit (same there). And some strong coffee.]

[If you run into him, you might notice that he looks a bit different – could be the scratches on his face and general messy state. Coop is ... never in a messy state. Feel free to bother him about this and the fact that he seems generally tense.]

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[tapestodiane]

_{[There's a moment of silence before he answers, softly-]}

No, it doesn't.

<sub>[He can relate to that, he supposes. Not in the sense of being a Nation and feeling it in that sense, but the emptiness France talks about strikes him as familiar. The emptiness and the people who couldn't stay.]

[He's unwilling to bring that up, though, and instead focuses his attention on the person he's talking to. As he usually does.]</sub>

Do you still feel lonely?

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[of-france.livejournal.com]

It's impossible to never feel lonely. Loneliness, just as feeling fulfilled, is part of existing. If you never felt lonely, you wouldn't actually be existing, not really. It would only be one part of existence you're experiencing.

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[tapestodiane]

You still shouldn't feel lonely for a longer stretch of time.

_{[He bows his head just slightly, saying that, keeps his eyes on France's face.]}

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[of-france.livejournal.com]

I'm not lonely. It's more of an aspect to a state of being, mixed in with happiness and other such emotions. You have to feel all of it to be sure you're actually real and not just dreaming.

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[tapestodiane]

You're right.

_{[He surrenders easily, because France is right. And Coop knows when to let a topic drop.]}

[Action]

[of-france.livejournal.com]

I don't like it, but it's necessary.



That's life.

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[tapestodiane]

And it could be worse.

_{[Nothing like life.]}