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[candothat]

[Filtered to the Deities]

If I may discuss yet another exchange with you, please, I would be grateful.
 

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It is nice to have the City quiet again, but yesterday was too quiet. Why are people so reckless about what they lick?

[City: don't answer that question.]

The snow is good. It reminds me of home, but warmer, and with more sun. If we were in Petersburg, there would be less than eight hours of daylight today, and we would likely not see the sun for the clouds. The temperature would be maybe twenty below, Celsius, without wind--possibly colder. I think the Neva would be frozen by now.

This is March, April weather. Anyone who is cold now should be glad that the City is so mild.

Comments

video;

[candothat]

That alone does not guarantee an appreciation for her climate, it seems.

I never did ask, Ivan--from where are you? Have you been to Petersburg?

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

It should.

[He raises an eyebrow]

Petersburg...?

video;

[candothat]

Petrograd? Leningrad? Pieter?

I forget that you are from a different time.

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

Oh. Leningrad. I visited there a few times when I was a child.

video;

[candothat]

It's worth the visit. Did you live far from there?

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

Very far, unfortunately.

video;

[candothat]

A tragedy. It is lovely in the summer, too.

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

I imagine, since it's more up north.

video;

[candothat]

Yes, so we have our White Nights during the summer. The part of the city I lived in was not so beautiful as most of Petersburg, but the summer nights were something.

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

I can imagine. I'd love to go visit during the summer whenever I get back home...

video;

[candothat]

I would like to do that, as well. I don't go home so often as I would like.

video;

[majorcrotchgrab]

Neither do I.

russian;

[candothat]

Are you ever homesick, Ivan?

russian;

[majorcrotchgrab]

I... try not to think about it.

[Translation = yes]

russian;

[candothat]

So you are. Do you have family?

russian;

[majorcrotchgrab]

Yes. My mother and father are back in Novosibirsk.

russian;

[candothat]

Novosibirsk! Is it well-known for its musical history in your time?

russian;

[majorcrotchgrab]

[That cheers him up a bit]

It is. My parents attend quite a few concerts.

russian;

[candothat]

Have you attended? I have never gone, but I would like to, someday.

russian;

[majorcrotchgrab]

Once I was older, yes. They're amazing. You should definitely go to one if they still have them during your time.

russian;

[candothat]

Good, and yes! The Conservatory is a very important music hall at home. After the five-year mission, maybe, or if the Enterprise happens by Earth, I will go.

russian;

[majorcrotchgrab]

The Enterprise is your.. space.. ship, yes?

russian;

[candothat]

Yes, that's her name. In time, she'll feel like home as much as anywhere else does.

russian;

[majorcrotchgrab]

Hn. She's sort of your.. home base?

russian;

[candothat]

She is where I'll be living for the next five years, so I suppose so.