text - Dear City

[silvering]

Dear City,

I have a fiance back home who I love. I am growing to like someone here too and I don't know what to do.

Is it wrong to like this person here, when I won't remember them back home?

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[brobeforehos]

Ah, well - see, that's complicated.

[silvering]

[There is a delay before the text is replied to. Jem can't quite believe he's posted the question to the network.]

It is. I didn't expect this.

[brobeforehos]

I don't know how well asking the City will go for you, considering how it's your choice, ultimately.

[silvering]

I hope someone else will have fallen into a similar situation.

[brobeforehos]

Not the best thing to hope on a person, trust me.

[silvering]

You are right, I am sorry.Has it happened to you?

[brobeforehos]

I never had a fiance, per se.

[vdova]

Is it wrong to love two people at once? No, I don't think so. But you must be honest with them.

[silvering]

How can I be honest with Tessa if she is not here?

[vdova]

I meant the person you've acquired feelings for, here. If you intend on letting them know at all. If not, then you shouldn't worry.

[silvering]

They already know who I have back home.

[vdova]

And you're both aware of the consequences?

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[stelecharm]

I admit that I'm no expert, but in my experience the one that you know you can't live without will always win out in the end.

It depends whether or not you believe it's fair on you and the person in question to do anything about it.

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[silvering]

It is ...complicated.

I saw Tessa here last month, and she told me to be happy. And yet...I feel like I would be betraying here.

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[stelecharm]

Isn't it always?

There are plenty of girls out there, but when you find that special one you should hold onto her. Trust me, I know.

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[silvering]

Have you lost someone special?

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[stelecharm]

[ There's a delay before the reply actually comes because it's currently a touchy subject. ]

Yes, but I am hoping that I find her again.

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[silvering]

I am sorry. I hope you will. Most anything can be forgiven.

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[stelecharm]

I'll let you know if stupidity is one of them.

[cupio]

of course not. people in the city are just like the people back home. just because we'll get back eventually doesn't mean we don't get to care about who we meet here.

[silvering]

Thank you Clary for have a good way of seeing things.

[cupio]

ive made a lot of friends here. i care about them. it's hard to think about never seeing them again. so i understand.

[silvering]

I will be sad to forget you, Clary.

[cupio]

We'll always have Magnus ;)

So who is it? Do I have to set you up? Is that a thing I can do?

[silvering]

I wonder if he will ever talk of Will, Tessa and I.

[Clary, no. There is no way Jem can tell you anything.]

It isn't a thing you can do. I shall merely admire her from a distance.

[cupio]

he does. i've heard him. he always seems so nostalgic. fond.

[ But why. ]

but i want to live vicariously through your romance !

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[candothat]

Like who you will. Loving more than one person does not mean you love any one less and every one in the City knows that forgetting is inevitable.

[Funny. He had a very similar conversation with Tessa during fourth wall.]

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[silvering]

[Tessa, Will and Jem have a complicated relationship.]

Thank you, this helps. This city is a second chance at life.

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[candothat]

[Would it help to add a former City-boyfriend to the mix? No?]

At least a chance at a different life. Things are possible here that are impossible in all other places.

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[silvering]

[It couldn't make things that much more confusing, could it?]

What is possible for you here that isn't for you at home?

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[candothat]

[The more the merrier!]

Mostly relationships. There is not so much work to do and more time to have friends.

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[silvering]

Indeed, I have more time on my hands than I am used to. The girl who I like, spends a lot of time with me.

At home it would not be appropriate to spend so much time with a girl.

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[mortemscintilla]

There's a risk to it.

What if your fiance from back home arrives here unexpectedly? What then?

[ It's not the concepts of morality or devotion that interest him. Hei lacks both. He's more interested in the nature of the reply. ]

[silvering]

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[mortemscintilla]

Then I don't see what's stopping you from taking up with the person here.

[silvering]

It...is not something I would normally do.

[mortemscintilla]

You left the comfortable padding of 'normal' when you got abducted into the City.

The usual rules don't always apply here.

[silvering]

Have you changed much since you're arrival in the city?

[mortemscintilla]

[ There's only a fraction of a pause before he answers. A year ago, he'd have said No with impunity -- his goals were absolute, his concepts secure, his priorities unswerving. But too much has changed now. He's too altered in himself, by what he knows. ]

[ At length, ]

Everyone changes as time goes on. Especially in such a different place.