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[synanthrope]

We are all creatures of habit.

We are even more creatures of pattern. If you deny that, you're lying, even if you don't think you are. Habit is biological. It is an ingrained evolutionary survival skill. It was very carefully bred into us. Habit says we do things every day that keep us alive.

Of course, humans turn that into something more. Humans make habit holy, sacred, religious. I don't particularly ascribe to religion. It doesn't suit me. My shoes are more sacred.

So when you say things like you're comfortable here or you like it here better than home, even with the curses, what you're saying is that your habits have grown familiar here, and you have a routine.

But memory is fickle.

Now, now.

Don't lie.

I know you all think that, at one point or another.

Comments

video;

[yourbestguysgun]

Sometimes home doesn't hold anything anymore. Is that habit?

video;

[synanthrope]

No. That's still survival, though.

video;

[yourbestguysgun]

I'll admit I ain't ever been big on psychology.

[unflagging]

What if we don't like it here better than home?

[synanthrope]

Do you like home?

[unflagging]

Hey, it's home, isn't it? And, like they say, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.

[onset]

Oh, trust me, I don't think I'll ever get used to - anything.

Here.

[synanthrope]

You say that, but you will.

[onset]

Hopefully I won't stay here long enough for that.

[Video]

[brothertragedy]

Working and keeping to a schedule is what I know. It breeds familiarity, yes, but not love.

I remain loyal to my home. This is merely one, irritatingly long, unplanned stop along the journey; certainly not my final destination. Onwards!

[Video]

[synanthrope]

You will change your mind.

Ask the people who have been here for longer than two or three years.

[Video]

[brothertragedy]

I wish it were that easy. However, I cannot see myself forgetting, not in a year, not in two, not even in ten.

[Video]

[pinokosthewife]

... you like to talk, don't you, Mish?

Pinoko couldn't like thish plache more than home, even if it's a niche plache! Sure, the old houshe in Japan is cweaky and drafty and never getsh clean no matter how much Pinoko shcrubs and shweepsh, but that's where her darling lives!

[Video]

[synanthrope]

It must stem from my ability to do so without lisping.

[Video]

[pinokosthewife]

[She blinks at the uncalled for attack, then glares, puffing her cheeks and pouting.] How rude!

You might not lishp, but your words haven't got charm! Not lady-like at all.

This isn't super late that's just a trick of the light. Seriously.

[defies_reason]

Do you ever think it?

[synanthrope]

Yes.

[defies_reason]

Is it such a bad thing, in your estimation? Becoming comfortable.

voice;

[thermonuclear_birdbrain]

Your shoes are more sacred than religion? But the gods are right there! I've met some before.

Those must be some really sacred shoes, or you really hate the gods.

...I'm part god. Sort of.

voice;

[synanthrope]

You're mistaking hate with indifference.

Re: voice;

[thermonuclear_birdbrain]

You just don't care about gods? They make the world...work, right? So why not?

[vicodincrutch]

But after the bell rings we get a treat!

[synanthrope]

Only if you're a dog.

[intheblanks]

I've got some less than holy habits.

[synanthrope]

Should I list them?