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[somethingspecial]

[Rachel is carefully lighting another candle on her battered menorah, which is sitting in her windowsill, glaring outside at the never-setting sun. She seems to be humming underneath her breath and she sits on her bed to watch the candle flicker, an odd look on her face.

She hasn't ever celebrated Hanukkah without her family before.

But Rachel glances at the PCD and the odd expression is gone in an instant, replaced by a smile of determination.]

Kurt, I think we should begin auditions for a glee club of our own in Adstringendum. I've received several notifications of interest in the subject and I think that as co-captain, I can't ignore the need for entertainment in this city any more. I was considering sometime next week, after the sun has set... it will give us time to gather materials and a proper list of all those interested.

[She then reaches out and shuts off the feed, but not before she looks at her menorah one last time.]

Comments

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[somethingspecial]

[A quiet pause.]

It's weird to celebrate Hanukkah without my dads.

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[golden_hawke]

-=smiles softly=-

I miss my family as well. I have friends here, but it is not the same.

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[somethingspecial]

No, it isn't.

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[golden_hawke]

I am called Hawke. -=touches his bare chest in greeting.=-

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[somethingspecial]

I'm Rachel Berry.

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[golden_hawke]

It is an honor meet you. Well met.

You are a friend of Kurt Hummel, yes?

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[somethingspecial]

You know Kurt?

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[golden_hawke]

Yes. He is very kind. He knows much about skin and how to care for it.

-=Which is very beneficial for him because he lived with scaly people.=-

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[somethingspecial]

That sounds like Kurt.

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[golden_hawke]

It is very good. -=nods=-

You are very rich to have him as a friend.

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[somethingspecial]

[How to explain that having Kurt as a friend is a very... recent phenomena...]

It's nice to have someone here from my own world.

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[golden_hawke]

It is good fortune to have someone here. -=a small, wistful look=- There is no one from my world here.

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[somethingspecial]

I guess I am really lucky.

[She knows she is, really. She does.]

... maybe the Animus will send someone soon.

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[golden_hawke]

I do not wish my family here. -=He sounds very firm about this.=-

It is better that they are not in this sick place.

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[somethingspecial]

I'm more selfish than you are.

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[golden_hawke]

It is not wrong to want people you love near you. -=Shakes his head slightly.=-

If they were here, they would die.

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[somethingspecial]

Your family would?

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[golden_hawke]

Yes. They are connected to the land and sky. This place is not well, and they would not be well.

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[somethingspecial]

They wouldn't connect to the land and sky here?

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[golden_hawke]

No. It would make them ill here.

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[somethingspecial]

I'm sorry, then, that they can't come here.

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[golden_hawke]

Please do not trouble yourself with this thought. I have many friends here to help me.

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[somethingspecial]

I feel better here even with just Kurt around. I can't imagine being here without anyone I know for longer that I did.

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[golden_hawke]

I will be here for two turns come spring. My friends here are just as important as those who are home.

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[somethingspecial]

You've been here for two years?

[Oh god, what if she's here that long too? Without Finn or her dads?]

And you've never gone home?